9  “He will guard the feet of his faithful ones,

but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness,

for ^snot by might shall a man prevail.

9  Therefore justice is far from us,

and righteousness does not overtake us;

we hope for light, and ^gbehold, darkness,

and for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

10  We ^hgrope for the wall like the blind;

we grope like those who have no eyes;

we stumble at noon as in the twilight,

among those in full vigor we are like dead men.

12  Therefore their way shall be to them

like slippery paths in the darkness,

into which they shall be driven and fall,

for I will bring disaster upon them

in the year of their punishment,

declares the Lord.

5  “Indeed, the ^glight of the wicked is put out,

and the flame of his fire does not shine.