¹⁰ I said,
“In the prime of my life
I shall go to the gates of Sheol;
I am deprived of the remainder of my years.”
¹¹ I said,
“I shall not see ^[a]Yah,
The Lord ^(A)in the land of the living;
I shall observe man no more ^[b]among the inhabitants of ^[c]the world.
^12 (B)My life span is gone,
Taken from me like a shepherd’s tent;
I have cut off my life like a weaver.
He cuts me off from the loom;
From day until night You make an end of me.
¹³ I have considered until morning—
Like a lion,
So He breaks all my bones;
From day until night You make an end of me.
¹⁴ Like a crane or a swallow, so I chattered;
^(C)I mourned like a dove;
My eyes fail from looking upward.
O ^[d]Lord, I am oppressed;
^[e]Undertake for me!

³ For my soul is full of troubles,
And my life ^(A)draws near to the grave.
⁴ I am counted with those who ^(B)go^[a] down to the pit;
^(C)I am like a man who has no strength,
^5 [b]Adrift among the dead,
Like the slain who lie in the grave,
Whom You remember no more,
And who are cut off from Your hand.

¹¹ “What strength do I have, that I should hope?
And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?