'Death' in the Bible

For in death there is no mention of You;In Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) who will praise You and give You thanks?

Have mercy on me and be gracious to me, O Lord;See how I am afflicted by those who hate me,You who lift me up from the gates of death,

The wicked will turn to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),Even all the nations who forget God.

Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;Give light (life) to my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,

The cords of death surrounded me,And the streams of ungodliness and torrents of destruction terrified me.

The cords of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) surrounded me;The snares of death confronted me.

My strength is dried up like a fragment of clay pottery;And my [dry] tongue clings to my jaws;And You have laid me in the dust of death.

Even though I walk through the [sunless] valley of the shadow of death,I fear no evil, for You are with me;Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort and console me.

To rescue their lives from deathAnd keep them alive in famine.

Evil will cause the death of the wicked,And those who hate the righteous will be held guilty and will be condemned.

The wicked lies in wait for the righteousAnd seeks to kill him.

Yet You have [distressingly] crushed us in the place of jackalsAnd covered us with [the deep darkness of] the shadow of death.

For this is God,Our God forever and ever;He will be our guide even until death.

Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead);Death will be their shepherd;And the upright shall rule over them in the morning,And their form and beauty shall be for Sheol to consume,So that they have no dwelling [on earth].

Rescue me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation;Then my tongue will sing joyfully of Your righteousness and Your justice.

My heart is in anguish within me,And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

Let death come deceitfully upon them;Let them go down alive to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),For evil [of every kind] is in their dwelling and in their hearts, in their midst.

For You have rescued my soul from death,Yes, and my feet from stumbling,So that I may walk before GodIn the light of life.

God is to us a God of acts of salvation;And to God the Lord belong escapes from death [setting us free].

For there are no pains in their death,Their body is fat and pampered.

The stouthearted have been stripped of their spoil,They have slept the sleep [of death];And none of the warriors could use his hands.

At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob,Both rider and horse were cast into a dead sleep [of death].

He leveled a path for His anger [to give it free run];He did not spare their souls from death,But turned over their lives to the plague.

I was afflicted and close to death from my youth on;I suffer Your terrors; I am overcome.

What man can live and not see death?Can he rescue his soul from the [powerful] hand of Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead)? Selah.

Nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness,Nor of the destruction (sudden death) that lays waste at noon.

They band themselves together against the life of the righteousAnd condemn the innocent to death.

To hear the sighing of the prisoner,To set free those who were doomed to death,

So He gave them their request,But sent a wasting disease among them.

Some dwelt in darkness and in the deep (deathly) darkness,Prisoners [bound] in misery and chains,

He brought them out of darkness and the deep (deathly) darknessAnd broke their bonds apart.

They detested all kinds of food,And they drew near to the gates of death.

The cords and sorrows of death encompassed me,And the terrors of Sheol came upon me;I found distress and sorrow.

For You have rescued my life from death,My eyes from tears,And my feet from stumbling and falling.

Precious [and of great consequence] in the sight of the LordIs the death of His godly ones [so He watches over them].

The Lord has disciplined me severely,But He has not given me over to death.