The path of the wicked: 'The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.' The parallelism is exact but inverted: while the righteous walk toward increasing light, the wicked walk in deepening darkness. 'Like deep darkness' (k'afel) indicates that moral blindness accompanies wickedness. 'Do not know what makes them stumble' suggests that those on this path have lost the ability to discern right from wrong; they trip over obstacles they cannot even see. The progression of the image is the inverse of the righteous: the wicked move from twilight to deepening gloom. This verse illustrates the spiritual consequence of persistent rejection of wisdom: the ability to see moral reality is progressively lost.

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