⁵ Let darkness and ^[a]the shadow of death claim it for their own;
Let a cloud dwell upon it;
Let all that maketh black the day terrify it.
⁶ As for that night, let thick darkness seize upon it:
Let it not rejoice among the days of the year;
Let it not come into the number of the months.
⁷ Lo, let that night be ^[b]barren;
Let no joyful voice come therein.