Their soul abhorred all food, and they drew near the gates of death.
Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?
Let my prayer come before You. Turn Your ear to my cry.
He who avenges blood remembers. He will not forget the cry of the afflicted.
I said: “In the prime of my life, I am to enter the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the rest of my years.”