But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness came.

我仰望得好处，灾祸就到了；我等待光明，黑暗便来了。

我仰望福气，灾祸就来到；我等待光明，黑暗便来临。

我仰望福气，灾祸就来到；我等待光明，黑暗便来临。

我盼望幸福，来的却是灾祸；我期待光明，来的却是黑暗。

我希望得福乐，灾祸就来了；我等候光明，幽暗就到了。

我仰望得好處，災禍就到了；我等待光明，黑暗便來了。

我仰望福氣，災禍就來到；我等待光明，黑暗便來臨。

我仰望福氣，災禍就來到；我等待光明，黑暗便來臨。

我盼望幸福，來的卻是災禍；我期待光明，來的卻是黑暗。

我希望得福樂，災禍就來了；我等候光明，幽暗就到了。

但我希望得福，災禍竟到了；我等着亮光，竟來了黑暗。

我望福祉、而禍害至、我待光明、而幽暗來、

仰望福祉、反罹禍害、守待光明、反遭暗昧。

我望吉祥、反凶災至、我冀光明、及幽暗來、

Yet when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, then came darkness.

I hoped good things would happen, but something evil came. I looked for light, but all I saw was darkness.

But when I hoped for good, evil came, and when I waited for light, darkness came.

So I looked for good, but evil came instead. I waited for the light, but darkness fell.

But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness came.

When I expected good, evil came; When I waited for light, darkness came.

But when I looked for good, evil came to me; And when I waited for light, then came darkness.

When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness.

When I looked for good, then evil came[ unto me]: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

But when I hoped for good, trouble came; when I expected light, then darkness came.

When I looked for good, then evil came. When I waited for light, darkness came.

We hoped for peace, but there was nothing good; for a time of healing, but there was only terror.

Have You completely rejected Judah? Do You detest Zion? Why do You strike us with no hope of healing for us? We hoped for peace, but there was nothing good; for a time of healing, but there was only terror.

For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has happened to me.I cannot relax or be still; I have no rest, for trouble comes.

Though the residents of Maroth anxiously wait for something good, disaster has come from the Lord to the gate of Jerusalem.

Who among you fears the Lord, listening to the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness, and has no light? Let him trust in the name of Yahweh; let him lean on his God.

He has blocked my way so that I cannot pass through; He has veiled my paths with darkness.

The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him is put out.

Yet I am not destroyed by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.

He is driven from light to darkness and chased from the inhabited world.

Light dawns for the righteous, gladness for the upright in heart.

Why has my pain become unending, my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You truly have become like a mirage to me— water that is not reliable.

So I thought: I will die in my own nest and multiply my days as the sand.