8  ^fThe eye of him who sees me will behold me no more;

while your eyes are on me, I shall be gone.

9  As the cloud fades and vanishes,

so he who goes down to Sheol does not come up;

10  ^ghe returns no more to his house,

nor does ^hhis place know him anymore.

21  Why do you not ^spardon my transgression

and take away my iniquity?

For now I shall lie in the earth;

you will seek me, but I shall not be.”

21  before I go—and ⁱI shall not return—

to the land of ^jdarkness and deep shadow,