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39 See now that I, I alone, am he,
    and there is no god besides me.
It is I who bring both death and life,
    I who inflict wounds and heal them,
    and from my hand no one can deliver.(A)

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19 (A)At all times bless the Lord, your God, and ask him that all your paths may be straight and all your endeavors and plans may prosper. For no other nation possesses good counsel, but it is the Lord who gives all good things. Whomever the Lord chooses to raise is raised; and whomever the Lord chooses to cast down is cast down to the recesses of Hades. So now, son, keep in mind these my commandments, and never let them be erased from your heart.

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11 (A)He sets up the lowly on high,
    and those who mourn are raised to safety.

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Lord, you brought my soul up from Sheol;
    you let me live, from going down to the pit.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 30:4 Sheol…pit: the shadowy underworld residence of the spirits of the dead, here a metaphor for near-death.

13 [a]For you have dominion over life and death;(A)
    you lead down to the gates of Hades and lead back.

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Footnotes

  1. 16:13–14 The author recognizes the power of the Lord over life and death, as expressed in 1 Sm 2:6; Tb 13:2. The traditional imagery of Sheol (gates and confinement) colors the passage.

52 He has thrown down the rulers from their thrones
    but lifted up the lowly.(A)

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