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 \q
 \v 6 They did not say, 'Where is Yahweh, who brought us up from the land of Egypt?
 \q Where is Yahweh, who led us to the wilderness, into the land of the Arabah and pits,
-\q in a land of drought and utter darkness,
+\q in a land of drought and thick darkness,
 \q a land through which no one passes and where no one lives?'
 
 \s5