¹⁷ Have the gates of death^(A) been shown to you?
    Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?^(B)

¹³ Lord, see how my enemies^(A) persecute me!
    Have mercy^(B) and lift me up from the gates of death,^(C)

¹⁸ They loathed all food^(A)
    and drew near the gates of death.^(B)

⁵ May gloom and utter darkness^(A) claim it once more;
    may a cloud settle over it;
    may blackness overwhelm it.

³ The cords of death^(A) entangled me,
    the anguish of the grave came over me;
    I was overcome by distress and sorrow.

¹⁴ He brought them out of darkness,^(A) the utter darkness,^(B)
    and broke away their chains.^(C)

¹⁰ Some sat in darkness,^(A) in utter darkness,
    prisoners suffering^(B) in iron chains,^(C)

²² He reveals the deep things of darkness^(A)
    and brings utter darkness^(B) into the light.^(C)