before I depart, never to return, to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow,

就是在我去而不返，往黑暗和死荫之地以先。

就是在我去而不返，往黑暗和死荫之地以先。

我很快就一去不返，进入幽冥黑暗之地。

在去而不返之前，可以喜乐片刻；

就是在我去而不返，往黑暗和死蔭之地以先。

就是在我去而不返，往黑暗和死蔭之地以先。

我很快就一去不返，進入幽冥黑暗之地。

在去而不返之前，可以喜樂片刻；

在往而不返之先，往黑暗死蔭之地以先，稍有喜色。

在我往而不返之先、未至幽冥陰翳之地、

然後長往不返、至幽暗陰翳之地。

在我往而不返之先、使我稍得安息、我所將往之處、乃幽暗死陰之地、

before I go to the place of no return, to the land of gloom and utter darkness,

Turn away before I go to the place I can’t return from. It’s the land of gloom and total darkness.

before I go— and I shall not return— to the land of darkness and deep shadow,

before I leave— never to return— for the land of darkness and utter gloom.

before I go to a land of darkness and gloom, never to return.

Before I go— and I shall not return— To the land of darkness and deep shadow,

Before I go to the place from which I shall not return, To the land of darkness and the shadow of death,

Before I go whence I shall not return, Even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

before I go to a land of darkness and gloom, never to return.

Before I go[ whence] I shall not return,[ even] to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

before I go where I will not return from, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it!

But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Am I able to bring him back? I will go to him, but he cannot return to me!’”

For the years that lie ahead are few, and then I will go on the way of no return.

Even when I must walk through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for you are with me; your rod and your staff reassure me.

But man dies and is powerless; he expires– and where is he?As water disappears from the sea, or a river drains away and dries up,so man lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake nor arise from their sleep.“ O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait until my release comes.

The eye of him who sees me now will see me no more; your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone.As a cloud is dispersed and then disappears, so the one who goes down to the grave does not come up again.He returns no more to his house, nor does his place of residence know him any more.

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

Certainly we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground that cannot be gathered up again. But God does not take away life; instead he devises ways for the banished to be restored.

Is your loyal love proclaimed in the grave, or your faithfulness in the place of the dead?Are your amazing deeds experienced in the dark region, or your deliverance in the land of oblivion?

“ I thought,‘ I will no longer see the LORD in the land of the living, I will no longer look on humankind with the inhabitants of the world.

You place me in the lowest regions of the pit, in the dark places, in the watery depths.

They did not ask:‘ Where is the LORD who delivered us out of Egypt, who brought us through the wilderness, through a land of desert sands and rift valleys, through a land of drought and deep darkness, through a land in which no one travels, and where no one lives?’