Job 17:12
They change the night into day: the light {is} short because of darkness. {short: Heb. near}
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So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! {call...: Heb. say concerning evil, It is good, etc}
When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. {the night...: Heb. the evening be measured?}