Job 17:13-14, Psa 88:3-5, Isa 38:10-14 | ESV | STEP | If I hope for Sheol as my house , if I make my bed in darkness ,

Job 17:13-14

13 If I hope for ^aSheol as ^bmy house,
if I make my bed in darkness,
14 if I say to the pit, ‘You are my father,’
and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’

Psalms 88:3-5

3 For my soul is full of troubles,
and ^cmy life draws near to ^dSheol.
4 I am counted among those who ^ego down to the pit;
I am a man who has no strength,
5 like one set loose among the dead,
like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom ^fyou remember no more,
for they are ^gcut off from your hand.

Isaiah 38:10-14

10 I said, ^hIn the middle ^{▼▼Or In the quiet} of my days
I must depart;
I am consigned to the gates of Sheol
for the rest of my years.
11 I said, I shall not see the Lord,
the Lord ^jin the land of the living;
I shall look on man no more
among the inhabitants of the world.
12 My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me
^klike a shepherd’s tent;
^llike a weaver ^mI have rolled up my life;
ⁿhe cuts me off from the loom;
^ofrom day to night you bring me to an end;
13 ^pI calmed myself ^{▼▼Or (with Targum) I cried for help} until morning;
like a lion ^rhe breaks all my bones;
from day to night you bring me to an end.
14 Like ^sa swallow or a crane I chirp;
^tI moan like a dove.
^uMy eyes are weary with looking upward.
O Lord, I am oppressed; ^vbe my pledge of safety!