The waves of death engulfed me, the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.

The ropes of Sheol tightened around me, the snares of death trapped me.

I beat them to death; they fall at my feet.

The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.

Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death!

so that he might continue to live forever and not experience death.

They will travel to Sheol like sheep, with death as their shepherd. The godly will rule over them when the day of vindication dawns; Sheol will consume their bodies and they will no longer live in impressive houses.

My heart beats violently within me; the horrors of death overcome me.

May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.

when you deliver my life from death. You keep my feet from stumbling, so that I might serve God as I enjoy life.

Our God is a God who delivers; the Lord, the sovereign Lord, can rescue from death.