13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

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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)

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14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

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14 if I say to corruption,(A) ‘You are my father,’
    and to the worm,(B) ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’

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