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17 For the morning is to them all [as] the shadow of death; for they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death.

18 He is swift on the face of the waters; their portion is cursed on the earth: he turneth not unto the way of the vineyards.

19 Drought and heat consume snow waters; so doth Sheol those that have sinned.

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17 For all of them, midnight is their morning;
    they make friends with the terrors(A) of darkness.(B)

18 “Yet they are foam(C) on the surface of the water;(D)
    their portion of the land is cursed,(E)
    so that no one goes to the vineyards.(F)
19 As heat and drought snatch away the melted snow,(G)
    so the grave(H) snatches away those who have sinned.

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