They loathed all food and drew near the gates of death.
Have the gates of death been shown to you? Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?
I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life draws near to death.
Lord, see how my enemies persecute me! Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,
I said, “In the prime of my life must I go through the gates of death and be robbed of the rest of my years?”