For the thing I had dreaded with terror has come upon me, and what I had feared has come to me.

I am not at ease, nor am I quiet; I have no rest, for turmoil came.

Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and multiply my days as the sand.

We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, but behold, terror!

Have You utterly rejected Judah? Has Your soul loathed Zion? Why have You stricken us such that there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for the time of healing, and behold, terror!

Why has my pain been continual, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You surely are to me like deceitful waters that cannot be trusted.

For the inhabitant of Maroth waited anxiously for good, but evil came down from Jehovah to the gate of Jerusalem.

The light shall be dark in his tent, and his lamp beside him shall be extinguished.

He is driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

But I have not been cut off by the face of darkness, and He has concealed the deep darkness from my face.

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

Who among you fears Jehovah? Who obeys the voice of His Servant? Who walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of Jehovah and rest on his God.