For in this way you shall live long, and years of your life shall be added to you.

[There is] a fountain of life in the hand of a righteous man, but destruction shall cover the mouth of the ungodly.

The commandment of the Lord is a fountain of life, and it causes men to turn aside from the snare of death.

Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessors, but the instruction of fools is evil.

The thoughts of the wise are ways of life, that he may turn aside and escape from hell.

[This translation omits this verse.]

The paths of life turn aside from evil, and the ways of righteousness are length of life. He that receives instruction shall be in prosperity, and he that regards reproofs shall be made wise. He that keeps his ways preserves his own soul, and he that loves his life will spare his mouth.

the pangs of death surrounded me, the agonies of death prevented me.

When I am afflicted I will call upon the Lord, and will cry to my God, and He shall hear my voice out of His temple, and my cry shall come into His ears.

The pangs of hell came round about me: the snares of death prevented me.

The pangs of death compassed me; the dangers of hell found me; I found affliction and sorrow.