I said,"I will not seethe LORD,The LORDin the landof the living;I will lookon mannomoreamongthe inhabitantsof the world.
[I would have despaired] unlessI had believedthat I would seethe goodnessof the LORDIn the landof the living.
As for me, I saidin my alarm,"I am cutofffrom beforeYour eyes";NeverthelessYou heardthe voiceof my supplicationsWhen I criedto You.
"Elamis thereand allher hordesaroundher grave;allof them slain,fallenby the sword,whowentdownuncircumcisedto the lowerpartsof the earth,whoinstilledtheir terrorin the landof the livingand boretheir disgracewith those who wentdownto the pit.
