They grope about in darkness ¹  without light; he makes them stagger ²  like drunkards.

We grope along the wall like the blind, we grope like those who cannot see; ¹  we stumble at noontime as if it were evening. Though others are strong, we are like dead men. ² 

They meet with darkness in the daytime, ¹  and grope about ²  in the noontime as if it were night. ³ 

so that they would search for God and perhaps grope around ¹  for him and find him, ²  though he is ³  not far from each one of us.