Job 17:13

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If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

“If a man dies, will he live again?
I will wait all the days of my struggle
Until my change and release will come.

Wait for and confidently expect the Lord;
Be strong and let your heart take courage;
Yes, wait for and confidently expect the Lord.

The Lord is good to those who wait [confidently] for Him,
To those who seek Him [on the authority of God’s word].

“My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished,
The grave is ready for me.

Before I go—and I shall not return—
To the land of darkness and the deep shadow [of death],

“For I know that You will bring me to death
And to the house of meeting [appointed] for all the living.

If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), behold, You are there.

He enters into peace [through death];
They rest in their beds (graves),
Each one who walked uprightly [following God’s will, living with integrity].

So I turned aside and let my heart despair over all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun.

I said, “In mid-life
I am to go through the gates of Sheol (the place of the dead),
I am to be summoned, deprived of the remainder of my years.”