²¹ before I go to the place of no return,^(A)
    to the land of gloom and utter darkness,^(B)

²² to the land of deepest night,
    of utter darkness^(A) and disorder,
    where even the light is like darkness.”^(B)

²² There is no deep shadow,^(A) no utter darkness,^(B)
    where evildoers can hide.^(C)

¹⁷ Have the gates of death^(A) been shown to you?
    Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?^(B)

¹⁹ But you crushed^(A) us and made us a haunt for jackals;^(B)
    you covered us over with deep darkness.^(C)

¹² Are your wonders known in the place of darkness,
    or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?

⁶ They did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord,
    who brought us up out of Egypt^(A)
and led us through the barren wilderness,
    through a land of deserts^(B) and ravines,^(C)
a land of drought and utter darkness,
    a land where no one travels^(D) and no one lives?’