Have the gates of death been opened to you? Have you seen the gates of the deep darkness?
Soon I will leave; I will not return from the land of darkness and gloom,
His limits are higher than the heavens; you cannot reach them! They are deeper than the grave; you cannot understand them!
He uncovers the deep things of darkness and brings dark shadows into the light.
Death is naked before God; destruction is uncovered before him.
Let darkness and gloom have that day. Let a cloud hide it. Let thick darkness cover its light.
There is no dark place or deep shadow where those who do evil can hide from him.
Some sat in gloom and darkness; they were prisoners suffering in chains.
He brought them out of their gloom and darkness and broke their chains.
They refused to eat anything, so they almost died.
The ropes of death bound me, and the fear of the grave took hold of me. I was troubled and sad.
Even if I walk through a very dark valley, I will not be afraid, because you are with me. Your rod and your shepherd’s staff comfort me.
Lord, have mercy on me. See how my enemies hurt me. Do not let me go through the gates of death.
God is the one who made the star groups Pleiades and Orion; he changes darkness into the morning light, and the day into dark night. He calls for the waters of the sea to pour out on the earth. The Lord is his name.
These people who live in darkness will see a great light. They live in a place covered with the shadows of death, but a light will shine on them.”
I am the One who lives; I was dead, but look, I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys to death and to the place of the dead.