For they do not speak the truth; their stomachs are like the place of destruction, their throats like an open grave, their tongues like a steep slope leading into it.

All of the thriving people of the earth will join the celebration and worship; all those who are descending into the grave will bow before him, including those who cannot preserve their lives.

By David. To you, O Lord, I cry out! My protector, do not ignore me! If you do not respond to me, I will join those who are descending into the grave.

O Lord, you pulled me up from Sheol; you rescued me from among those descending into the grave.

"What profit is there in taking my life, in my descending into the Pit? Can the dust of the grave praise you? Can it declare your loyalty?

O Lord, do not let me be humiliated, for I call out to you! May evil men be humiliated! May they go wailing to the grave!

Their grave becomes their permanent residence, their eternal dwelling place. They name their lands after themselves,

For he will take nothing with him when he dies; his wealth will not follow him down into the grave.

They treat me like those who descend into the grave. I am like a helpless man,

adrift among the dead, like corpses lying in the grave, whom you remember no more, and who are cut off from your power.

Is your loyal love proclaimed in the grave, or your faithfulness in the place of the dead?

Answer me quickly, Lord! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.