He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.
But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the ange
He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”
Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe a
And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.
If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms an
They were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon.
O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.
The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
As for the deeds of men—by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.
Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.