As ¹  a cloud is dispersed and then disappears, ²  so the one who goes down to the grave ³  does not come up again. ⁴ 

If ¹  I hope for the grave to be my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,

Will ¹  it ²  go down to the barred gates ³  of death? Will ⁴  we descend ⁵  together into the dust?”

The drought as well as the heat carry away the melted snow; ¹  so the grave ²  takes away those who have sinned. ³ 

He spares a person’s life from corruption, ¹  his very life from crossing over ²  the river.

He redeemed my life ¹  from going down to the place of corruption, and my life sees the light!’

to turn back his life from the place of corruption, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.

Hide them in the dust ¹  together, imprison ²  them ³  in the grave. ⁴ 

For no one remembers you in the realm of death, ¹  In Sheol who gives you thanks? ² 

The wicked are turned back and sent to Sheol; ¹  this is the destiny of ²  all the nations that ignore ³  God,

You will not abandon me ¹  to Sheol; ²  you will not allow your faithful follower ³  to see ⁴  the Pit. ⁵ 

Enemies seek to destroy my life, ¹  but they will descend into the depths of the earth. ² 

For you will extend your great loyal love to me, ¹  and will deliver my life ²  from the depths of Sheol. ³ 

For my life ¹  is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol. ² 

No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol. ¹  (Selah)

He sent them an assuring word ¹  and healed them; he rescued them from the pits where they were trapped. ² 

The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any of those who descend into the silence of death. ¹ 

If I were to ascend ¹  to heaven, you would be there. If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be. ² 

As when one plows and breaks up the soil, ¹  so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

We will swallow them alive ¹  like Sheol, ²  those full of vigor ³  like those going down to the Pit.