The slander of an unrighteous tongue unto the king. My soul drew near even unto death, And my life was near to the grave beneath.
as well as the arrowlike tongue of the unrighteous. My soul approached death, and my life was on the edge of the grave below.
from the oppression of the flames that surrounded me, and so I was not burned in the midst of the fire,
From the oppression of the flame which surrounded me, and in the midst of the fire I was not burnt.
I was once brought face-to-face with death;
the slander of an unrighteous tongue to the king. My soul drew near to death. My life was near to Hades.
had reached the king. I was standing at the edge of an open grave.