That it would please God to crush me, That He would loose His hand and cut me off!

"Surely, therefore, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace; and your eyes shall not see all the calamity which I will bring on this place." ' " So they brought back word to the king.

The righteous perishes, And no man takes [it] to heart; Merciful men [are] taken away, While no one considers That the righteous is taken away from evil.

He does not believe that he will return from darkness, For a sword is waiting for him.

The light is dark in his tent, And his lamp beside him is put out.

He is driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.

He has fenced up my way, so that I cannot pass; And He has set darkness in my paths.

Or darkness [so that] you cannot see; And an abundance of water covers you.