There the wicked cease {from} troubling; and there the weary be at rest. {weary: Heb. wearied in strength}

I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars {was} about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God. {bottoms: Heb. cuttings off} {corruption: or, the pit}

He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. {from perishing: Heb. from passing}

Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.

I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man {that hath} no strength:

But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: {sentence: or, answer}

Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. {lest...: or, for I am become like, etc}

Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul {delivered it} from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. {for peace...: or, on my peace came great bitterness} {thou hast in...: Heb. thou hast loved my soul from the pit}

It shall devour the strength of his skin: {even} the firstborn of death shall devour his strength. {strength: Heb. bars}

There the wicked cease {from} troubling; and there the weary be at rest. {weary: Heb. wearied in strength}

It shall devour the strength of his skin: {even} the firstborn of death shall devour his strength. {strength: Heb. bars}

The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as {there are} innumerable before him.

He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. {He...: or, He hath delivered my soul, etc, and my life}

They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of {them that are} slain in the midst of the seas.