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13 There are those who reject the light;
    they don't understand it or go where it leads.
14 At dawn the murderer gets up
    and goes out to kill the poor,
    and at night he steals.
15 The adulterer waits for twilight to come;
    he covers his face so that no one can see him.

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13 “There are those who rebel against the light,(A)
    who do not know its ways
    or stay in its paths.(B)
14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up,
    kills(C) the poor and needy,(D)
    and in the night steals forth like a thief.(E)
15 The eye of the adulterer(F) watches for dusk;(G)
    he thinks, ‘No eye will see me,’(H)
    and he keeps his face concealed.

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