“For this is what the sovereign Lord says: When I make you desolate like the uninhabited cities, when I bring up the deep over you and the surging ¹  waters overwhelm you,

Again he measured 1,750 feet and led me through the water, which was now knee deep. Once more he measured 1,750 feet and led me through the water, which was waist deep.

before I depart, never to return, ¹  to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow, ² 

“Can you discover ¹  the essence ²  of God? Can you find out ³  the perfection of the Almighty? ⁴ 

Have the gates of death been revealed to you? ¹  Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness? ² 

He broke open rocks in the wilderness, and gave them enough water to fill the depths of the sea. ¹ 

The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; ¹  they do not know what causes them to stumble. ² 

As the heaven is high ¹  and the earth is deep so the hearts of kings are unsearchable. ² 

who led them through the deep water? Like a horse running on flat land ¹  they did not stumble.

“The dead ²  tremble ³  – those beneath the waters and all that live in them. ⁴ 

He piles up the water of the sea; ¹  he puts the oceans ²  in storehouses.

You place me in the lowest regions of the pit, ¹  in the dark places, in the watery depths.

There were porches all around, 43¾ feet ¹  long and 8¾ feet ²  wide.

Let darkness and the deepest shadow ¹  claim it; ²  let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day ³  terrify it!

The waters ¹  saw you, O God, the waters saw you and trembled. ²  Yes, the depths of the sea ³  shook with fear. ⁴ 

“‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: On the day it ¹  went down to Sheol I caused observers to lament. ²  I covered it with the deep and held back its rivers; its plentiful water was restrained. I clothed Lebanon in black for it, and all the trees of the field wilted because of it.

Again he measured 1,750 feet and it was a river I could not cross, for the water had risen; it was deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be crossed.

So David took the spear and the jug of water by Saul’s head, and they got out of there. No one saw them or was aware of their presence or woke up. All of them were asleep, for the Lord had caused a deep sleep to fall on them.

For ¹  the burial place is already prepared; ²  it has been made deep and wide for the king. ³  The firewood is piled high on it. ⁴  The Lord’s breath, like a stream flowing with brimstone, will ignite it.

Those who try to hide their plans from the Lord are as good as dead, ¹  who do their work in secret and boast, ²  “Who sees us? Who knows what we’re doing?” ³