“Let us swallow them alive like the grave, And entirely, like those going down to the pit.
“Then they would have swallowed us alive, In their burning rage against us;
Hasten, answer me, O יהוה ; My spirit fails! Do not hide Your face from me, Lest I be like those going down into the pit.
I cry to You, O יהוה my Rock: Do not be deaf to me! For if You are silent to me, I shall be like those who go down to the pit.
Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, our desire!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up.”
For there is no stability in their mouth; Their inward part is destruction; Their throat is an open grave; They flatter with their tongue.
He sends from the heavens and saves me; He reproaches the one who would swallow me up. Selah. Elohim sends forth His kindness and His truth.
“Let us find all precious goods, Let us fill our houses with spoil.
“Neḇ
All your enemies have opened Their mouth against you; They have whistled and they gnash their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed her up! This is certainly the day we waited for; We have found it, we have seen it.”
יהוה has been like an enemy. He has swallowed up Yisra’ĕ
and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Qoraḥ
“Their throat is an open tomb, with their tongues they have deceived,” “The poison of adders is under their lips,”