Lexicon :: Strong's H7845 - šaḥaṯ

You would still plunge me into the pit,

And my own clothes would hate me [and refuse to cover my foul body].

If I call out to the pit (grave), ‘You are my father’;

And to the worm [that feeds on decay], ‘You are my mother and my sister [because I will soon be closest to you],’

He holds back his soul from the pit [of destruction],

And his life from passing over into Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).

“Then his soul draws near to the pit [of destruction],

And his life to those who bring death (the destroyers).

Then [fn]the angel is gracious to him, and says,

‘Spare him from going down to the pit [of destruction];

I have found a ransom [a consideration, or reason for redemption, an atonement]!’

‘God has redeemed my life from going to the pit [of destruction],

And my life shall see the light.’”

To bring his life back from the pit [of destruction],

That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.

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.

For You will not abandon me to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),

Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.

“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.

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.

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;

Whoever digs a pit [for another man’s feet] will fall into it,

And he who rolls a stone [up a hill to do mischief], it will come back on him.

“Indeed, it was for my own well-being that I had such bitterness;

But You have loved back my life from the pit of nothingness (destruction),

For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

The [captive] exile will soon be set free, and will not die in the dungeon, nor will his food be lacking.

‘The nations heard about him;

He was captured in their pit,

And they brought him with hooks

To the land of Egypt.

‘Then the nations set against him (the king)

On every side from the provinces,

And they spread their net over him;

He was captured in their pit.

‘They will bring you down to the pit [of destruction],

And you will die the death of all those who die

In the heart of the seas.

“I descended to the [very] roots of the mountains.

The earth with its bars closed behind me [bolting me in] forever,

Yet You have brought up my life from the pit (death), O LORD my God.