¹³ If the only home I hope for is the grave,^(A)
    if I spread out my bed^(B) in the realm of darkness,^(C)
14 if I say to corruption,^(D) ‘You are my father,’
    and to the worm,^(E) ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’
¹⁵ where then is my hope—^(F)
    who can see any hope for me?^(G)
16 Will it go down to the gates of death?^(H)
    Will we descend together into the dust?”^(I)