14 The murderer rises at twilight,kills the poor and needy;at night, they are like a thief.
15 The adulterer’s eye watches for twilight,thinking, No eye can see me,and puts a mask over his face.
16 In the dark they break into houses;they shut themselves in by day;they don’t know the light.
17 Deep darkness is morning to thembecause they recognize the horror of darkness.
18 They are scum on the water’s surface;their portion of the land is cursed;no one walks down a path in the vineyards.
19 Drought and heat steal melted snow,just as the underworld steals sinners.
20 The womb forgets them;the worm consumes them;they aren’t remembered,and so wickedness is shattered like a tree.