"Will it godownwith me to Sheol?Shall we togethergodowninto the dust?"
Then Bildadthe Shuhiteresponded,
"His bonesare fullof his youthfulvigor,But it liesdownwith him in the dust.
"The clodsof the valleywill gentlycoverhim; Moreover, allmenwill followafterhim, While countlessones [go] beforehim.
"My daysare swifterthana weaver'sshuttle,And cometo an endwithouthope.
"When a cloudvanishes,it is gone,Sohe who goesdownto Sheoldoes not comeup.
Answerme quickly,O LORD,my spiritfails;Do not hideYour facefrom me, Or I will becomelikethose who godownto the pit.
Then He saidto me, "Sonof man,thesebonesare the wholehouseof Israel;behold,they say,Our bonesare driedup and our hopehas perished.We are completely cutoff.'
"I descendedto the rootsof the mountains.The earthwith its bars[was] aroundme forever,But You have broughtup my lifefrom the pit,O LORDmy God.
indeed,we hadthe sentenceof deathwithinourselvessothat we would not trustin ourselves,but in Godwho raisesthe dead;
