The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.

They are higher than heaven—what can you do? Deeper than Sheol—what can you know?

Will they go down to the gates of Sheol? Shall we have rest together in the dust?”

Sheol is naked before Him, And Destruction has no covering.

For You will not leave my soul in Sheol, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.

The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.

For great is Your mercy toward me, And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

The pains of death surrounded me, And the pangs of Sheol laid hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow.

Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, And whole, like those who go down to the Pit;

Therefore Sheol has enlarged itself And opened its mouth beyond measure; Their glory and their multitude and their pomp, And he who is jubilant, shall descend into it.

Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, And the sound of your stringed instruments; The maggot is spread under you, And worms cover you.’

Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, To the lowest depths of the Pit.

Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death, And with Sheol we are in agreement. When the overflowing scourge passes through, It will not come to us, For we have made lies our refuge, And under falsehood we have hidden ourselves.”

Your covenant with death will be annulled, And your agreement with Sheol will not stand; When the overflowing scourge passes through, Then you will be trampled down by it.

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.”

For Sheol cannot thank You, Death cannot praise You; Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your truth.

You went to the king with ointment, And increased your perfumes; You sent your messengers far off, And even descended to Sheol.

And he said: “I cried out to the Lord because of my affliction, And He answered me. “Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, And You heard my voice.