²⁸ He hath ransomed my soul From going over into the pit, And my life on the light looketh.'

²⁴ Then He doth favour him and saith, `Ransom him from going down to the pit, I have found an atonement.'

²² And draw near to the pit doth his soul, And his life to those causing death.

⁹ Let the stars of its twilight be dark, Let it wait for light, and there is none, And let it not look on the eyelids of the dawn.

¹ And I saw a messenger coming down out of the heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain over his hand,

² and he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, who is Devil and Adversary, and did bind him a thousand years,

³ and he cast him to the abyss, and did shut him up, and put a seal upon him, that he may not lead astray the nations any more, till the thousand years may be finished; and after these it behoveth him to be loosed a little time.

⁹ Jesus answered, `Are there not twelve hours in the day? if any one may walk in the day, he doth not stumble, because the light of this world he doth see;

¹⁷ Lo, to peace He changed for me bitterness, And Thou hast delighted in my soul without corruption, For Thou hast cast behind Thy back all my sins.

¹⁸ For Sheol doth not confess Thee, Death doth not praise Thee, Those going down to the pit hope not for Thy truth.

² The people who are walking in darkness Have seen a great light, Dwellers in a land of death-shade, Light hath shone upon them.

¹⁵ Let not a flood of waters overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up, Nor let the pit shut her mouth upon me.

²³ And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I -- I do trust in Thee!

¹⁹ It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.

²⁰ And his life hath nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food.

¹⁸ He keepeth back his soul from corruption, And his life from passing away by a dart.

²⁸ And thou decreest a saying, And it is established to thee, And on thy ways hath light shone.

¹⁶ `To' the parts of Sheol ye go down, If together on the dust we may rest.

²⁰ Why giveth He to the miserable light, and life to the bitter soul?

¹⁶ (Or as a hidden abortion I am not, As infants -- they have not seen light.)