Sirach 51:5-7

Common English Bible

⁵     from the depths of the belly
    of the grave,^[a]
    and from a polluted tongue
    and lying words,
⁶     as well as the arrowlike
    tongue of the unrighteous.
My soul approached death,
    and my life was on the edge of the grave^[b] below.
⁷ People surrounded me on every side,
and no one helped;
    I looked for assistance from human beings, and there was none.