If I hope for the grave to be my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,

我若盼望阴间为我的房屋，若下榻在黑暗中，

我若盼望阴间为我的家，若下榻在黑暗中，

我若盼望阴间为我的家，若下榻在黑暗中，

我若期望阴间作我的家园，在黑暗之地铺设我的床榻，

我若等待阴间作我的家，在黑暗中铺张我的床榻；

我若盼望陰間為我的房屋，若下榻在黑暗中，

我若盼望陰間為我的家，若下榻在黑暗中，

我若盼望陰間為我的家，若下榻在黑暗中，

我若期望陰間作我的家園，在黑暗之地鋪設我的床榻，

我若等待陰間作我的家，在黑暗中鋪張我的床榻；

假使我盼望陰間做我的房屋，假使我在黑暗中展開我的鋪蓋，

我若冀陰府為室、於幽暗下榻、

別無所望、惟以墓為室、長眠地下。

我若所望無他、惟以示阿勒示阿勒見七章九節小註為我之宅、下榻於幽暗中、

If the only home I hope for is the grave, if I spread out my bed in the realm of darkness,

Suppose the only home I can hope for is a grave. And suppose I make my bed in the darkness of death.

If I hope for Sheol as my house, if I make my bed in darkness,

What if I go to the grave and make my bed in darkness?

If I await Sheol as my home, spread out my bed in darkness,

If I hope for Sheol as my home, I make my bed in the darkness;

If I wait for the grave as my house, If I make my bed in the darkness,

If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;

If I await Sheol as my home, spread out my bed in darkness,

If I wait, the grave[ is] mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,

My spirit is broken, my days have faded out, the grave awaits me.

Those who live uprightly enter a place of peace; they rest on their beds.

I know that you are bringing me to death, to the meeting place for all the living.

Rely on the LORD! Be strong and confident! Rely on the LORD!

For now I would be lying down and would be quiet, I would be asleep and then at peace

before I depart, never to return, to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow,to the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness, and the deepest shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”

If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait until my release comes.

The LORD is good to those who trust in him, to the one who seeks him.It is good to wait patiently for deliverance from the LORD.

If I were to ascend to heaven, you would be there. If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be.