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

Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and {there is} no healing for us? we looked for peace, and {there is} no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!

For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. {the thing...: Heb. I feared a fear, and it came upon me}

He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him. {candle: or, lamp}

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, {neither} hath he covered the darkness from my face.

For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem. {inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress} {waited...: or, was grieved}

Who {is} among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh {in} darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.

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

He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. {He...: Heb. They shall drive him}

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

Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, {which} refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, {and as} waters {that} fail? {fail: Heb. be not sure?}

He hath led me, and brought {me into} darkness, but not {into} light.

He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem. {inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress} {waited...: or, was grieved}

Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, {but} we walk in darkness.

Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and {there is} no healing for us? we looked for peace, and {there is} no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!

Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but {have} none; neither let it see the dawning of the day: {the dawning...: Heb. the eyelids of the morning}

I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, {and} I was troubled. {made...: Heb. settled strength for my mountain}