Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?
before I depart, and never return, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death,
They are higher than the heavens —what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol —what can you know?
He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings utter darkness into light.
Sheol is naked before Him; Abaddon has no covering.
May darkness and deep gloom reclaim it; may a cloud settle over it; may whatever blackens the day terrify it.
There is no gloom and no deep darkness, where evildoers can hide themselves.
Some sat in darkness and deep gloom, prisoners in misery and iron chains,
He brought them out of darkness and deep gloom, breaking their chains.
Their soul abhorred all food, and they drew near the gates of death.
The ropes of death entangled me, and the torments of Sheol found me. I found trouble and sorrow.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me: Your rod and Your staff comfort me.
He who avenges blood remembers. He will not forget the cry of the afflicted.
He who made the Pleiades and Orion and changes deep darkness to morning. Who darkens the day into night. Who summons the water of the sea and pours it out on the face of the earth —Adonai is His Name.
the people sitting in darkness have seen a great light, and those sitting in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.”
and the One who lives. I was dead, but look—I am alive forever and ever! Moreover, I hold the keys of death and Sheol.