¹⁵ Because you have said, “We have cut a ^(A)covenant with death,
And with Sheol we have made a ^[a]pact.
^(B)The overflowing ^[b]scourge will not reach us when it passes by,
For we have made ^(C)falsehood our refuge and we have ^(D)hidden ourselves with lying.”

¹⁹ O Yahweh, my ^(A)strength and my strong defense,
And my ^(B)refuge in the day of distress,
To You the ^(C)nations will come
From the ends of the earth and say,
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but ^(D)lies,
Futility and ^[a](E)things of no profit.”