Will it keep me company in the world of the dead?
Bildad from Shuah said:
Indeed, the wicked will die and go to their graves in the prime of life.
the earth welcomes them home, while crowds mourn.
and my days are running out quicker than the thread of a fast-moving needle.
I will disappear in the grave or vanish from sight like a passing cloud.
Please hurry, LORD, and answer my prayer. I feel hopeless. Don't turn away and leave me here to die.
The LORD said: Ezekiel, the people of Israel are like dead bones. They complain that they are dried up and that they have no hope for the future.
I had sunk down below the underwater mountains; I knew that forever, I would be a prisoner there. But, you, LORD God, rescued me from that pit.
In fact, we felt sure that we were going to die. But this made us stop trusting in ourselves and start trusting God, who raises the dead to life.
