‘My father made me swear an oath. He said, ¹  “I am about to die. Bury me ²  in my tomb that I dug for myself there in the land of Canaan.” Now let me go and bury my father; then I will return.’”

They traveled from the desert of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah.

“Now send me a man who is skilled in working with gold, silver, bronze, and iron, as well as purple, crimson, and violet colored fabrics, and who knows how to engrave. He will work with my skilled craftsmen here in Jerusalem ¹  and Judah, whom my father David provided.

Calamity is ¹  hungry for him, ²  and misfortune is ready at his side. ³ 

His memory perishes from the earth, he has no name in the land. ¹ 

He ¹  draws near to the place of corruption, and his life to the messengers of death. ² 

The righteous do not encounter ¹  any harm, ²  but the wicked are filled with calamity. ³ 

But you were brought down ¹  to Sheol, to the remote slopes of the pit. ² 

(Now Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there, opposite the tomb.)

but the one ¹  whom God raised up did not experience ²  decay.

Furthermore, those who have fallen asleep ¹  in Christ have also perished.

They and all that they had went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed over them. So they perished from among the community.

He ¹  buried him in the land of Moab near Beth Peor, but no one knows his exact burial place to this very day.

The clods of the torrent valley ¹  are sweet to him; behind him everybody follows in procession, and before him goes a countless throng.

“Surely one does not stretch out his hand against a broken man ¹  when he cries for help in his distress. ² 

The ropes of death tightened around me, ¹  the snares ²  of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted ³  with trouble and sorrow.

Answer me quickly, Lord! My strength is fading. ¹  Do not reject me, ²  or I will join ³  those descending into the grave. ⁴ 

Your splendor ¹  has been brought down to Sheol, as well as the sound of your stringed instruments. ²  You lie on a bed of maggots, with a blanket of worms over you. ³ 

Your treaty with death will be dissolved; ¹  your agreement ²  with Sheol will not last. ³  When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by, ⁴  you will be overrun by it. ⁵ 

Indeed ¹  Sheol does not give you thanks; death does not ²  praise you. Those who descend into the pit do not anticipate your faithfulness.