17:13 If 1 I hope for the grave to be my home,
if I spread out my bed in darkness,
17:14 If I cry 2 to corruption, 3 ‘You are my father,’
and to the worm, ‘My Mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
17:15 where then 4 is my hope?
And my hope, 5 who sees it?
17:16 Will 6 it 7 go down to the barred gates 8 of death?
Will 9 we descend 10 together into the dust?”