He keeps back his soul from the pit, And his life from passing over into Sheol.

O Lord, You have brought up my soul from Sheol; You have kept me alive, that I would not go down to the pit.

Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, Even whole, as those who go down to the pit;

“Nevertheless you will be thrust down to Sheol, To the recesses of the pit.

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

I made the nations quake at the sound of its fall when I made it go down to Sheol with those who go down to the pit; and all the well-watered trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, were comforted in the earth beneath.