He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life shall see the light.'
Shall it go down with me to the gates of She'ol, or descend together into the dust?*
You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you. Light shall shine on your ways.
or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, as infants who never saw light.
*Why is light given to him who is in misery, life to the bitter in soul,
Let the stars of the twilight of it be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,
He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
So that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.
Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
then God is gracious to him, and says, 'Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.'
who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies;
He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves.
he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.
But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.
Don't let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. Don't let the pit shut its mouth on me.
The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those who lived in the land of the shadow of death, on them the light has shined.
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever: yet have you brought up my life from the pit, LORD my God.
Yeshua answered, *Aren't there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks in the day, he doesn't stumble, because he sees the light of this world.