28 To you, O Lord, I call;
    ^(A)my rock, be not deaf to me,
lest, if you ^(B)be silent to me,
    I become like those who ^(C)go down to the pit.

² The Lord is my ^(A)rock and my ^(B)fortress and my deliverer,
    my God, my ^(C)rock, in ^(D)whom I take refuge,
    my ^(E)shield, and ^(F)the horn of my salvation, my ^(G)stronghold.

¹² like Sheol let us ^(A)swallow them alive,
    and whole, like ^(B)those who go down to the pit;

⁴ I am counted among those who ^(A)go down to the pit;
    I am a man who has no strength,
⁵ like one set loose among the dead,
    like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom ^(B)you remember no more,
    for they are ^(C)cut off from your hand.
⁶ You have put me in ^(D)the depths of the pit,
    in the ^(E)regions dark and ^(F)deep.

83 O God, do not keep silence;
    ^(B)do not hold your peace or be still, O God!

⁴ Trust in the Lord forever,
    for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.

⁹ “What profit is there in my death,^[a]
    if I go down to the pit?^[b]
Will ^(A)the dust praise you?
    Will it tell of your faithfulness?