'Pit' in the Bible

He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,And has fallen into the [very] pit which he made [as a trap].

The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.

To you I call, O Lord,My rock, do not be deaf to me,For if You are silent to me,I will become like those who go down to the pit (grave).

O Lord, You have brought my life up from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead);You have kept me alive, so that I would not go down to the pit (grave).

“What profit is there in my blood (death), if I go down to the pit (grave)?Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness [to man]?

For without cause they hid their net for me;Without cause they dug a pit [of destruction] for my life.

He brought me up out of a horrible pit [of tumult and of destruction], out of the miry clay,And He set my feet upon a rock, steadying my footsteps and establishing my path.

So that he should live on eternally,That he should never see the pit (grave) and undergo decay.

But You, O God, will bring down the wicked to the pit of destruction;Men of blood and treachery will not live out half their days.But I will [boldly and unwaveringly] trust in You.

They set a net for my steps;My very life was bowed down.They dug a pit before me;Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah.

Do not let the floodwater overwhelm me,Nor the deep waters swallow me up,Nor the pit [of Sheol] shut its mouth over me.

I am counted among those who go down to the pit (grave);I am like a man who has no strength [a mere shadow],

You have laid me in the lowest pit,In dark places, in the depths.

That You may grant him [power to calm himself and find] peace in the days of adversity,Until the pit is dug for the wicked and ungodly.

Who redeems your life from the pit,Who crowns you [lavishly] with lovingkindness and tender mercy;

He sent His word and healed them,And rescued them from their destruction.

Answer me quickly, O Lord, my spirit fails;Do not hide Your face from me,Or I will become like those who go down into the pit (grave).