⁹ As a cloud vanishes^(A) and is gone,
    so one who goes down to the grave^(B) does not return.^(C)

²⁸ God has delivered^(A) me from going down to the pit,^(B)
    and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.’^(C)

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)

¹⁰ I said, “In the prime of my life^(A)
    must I go through the gates of death^(B)
    and be robbed of the rest of my years?^(C)”

¹⁷ Surely it was for my benefit^(A)
    that I suffered such anguish.^(B)
In your love you kept me
    from the pit^(C) of destruction;
you have put all my sins^(D)
    behind your back.^(E)

⁶ To the roots of the mountains^(A) I sank down;
    the earth beneath barred me in forever.
But you, Lord my God,
    brought my life up from the pit.^(B)