If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
before I go—never to return—to a land of darkness and gloom,
Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!
If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.
For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.
When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.
The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest, lying down in death.