1  To you, O Lord, I call;

my rock, be not deaf to me,

lest, if you be ^qsilent to me,

I become like ^rthose who go down to the pit.

12  like Sheol let us swallow them alive,

and whole, like ^uthose who go down to the pit;

18  For ^xSheol does not thank you;

death does not praise you;

^ythose who go down to the pit do not hope

for your faithfulness.