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

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

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

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

We hoped for good fortune, but nothing good has come of it. We hoped for a time of relief, but instead we experience terror.

Then I said,“ LORD, have you completely rejected the nation of Judah? Do you despise the city of Zion? Why have you struck us with such force that we are beyond recovery? We hope for peace, but nothing good has come of it. We hope for a time of relief from our troubles, but experience terror.

For the very thing I dreaded has happened to me, and what I feared has come upon me.I have no ease, I have no quietness; I cannot rest; turmoil has come upon me.”

Indeed, the residents of Maroth hope for something good to happen, though the LORD has sent disaster against the city of Jerusalem.

Who among you fears the LORD? Who obeys his servant? Whoever walks in deep darkness, without light, should trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God.

He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has set darkness over my paths.

The light in his tent grows dark; his lamp above him is extinguished.

Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness, because of the thick darkness that covered my face.

He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world.

The godly bask in the light; the morally upright experience joy.

Why must I continually suffer such painful anguish? Why must I endure the sting of their insults like an incurable wound? Will you let me down when I need you like a brook one goes to for water, but that cannot be relied on?”

“ Then I thought,‘ I will die in my own home, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.