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

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,

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

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

My strength is almost gone. I won’t live much longer. A grave is waiting for me.

Those who lead honest lives will enjoy peace and rest when they die.

I know that you will bring me down to death. That’s what you have appointed for everyone.

Wait for the Lord. Be strong and don’t lose hope. Wait for the Lord.

If all of that hadn’t happened, I would be lying down in peace. I’d be asleep and at rest in the grave.

Turn away before I go to the place I can’t return from. It’s the land of gloom and total darkness.It’s the land of darkest night and total darkness and disorder. There even the light is like darkness.’ ”

If someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my hard work I will wait for the time when you give me new life.

The Lord is good to those who put their hope in him. He is good to those who look to him.It is good when people wait quietly for the Lord to save them.

If I go up to the heavens, you are there. If I lie down in the deepest parts of the earth, you are also there.