¹⁸ “Your ^(A)covenant with death will be ^[a](B)canceled,
And your pact with Sheol will not stand;
When the ^(C)overwhelming scourge passes through,
Then you become its ^(D)trampling place.
¹⁹ “As ^(E)often as it passes through, it will ^[b]seize you;
For ^(F)morning after morning it will pass through, anytime during the day or night,
And it will be ^[c]sheer ^(G)terror to understand ^[d]what it means.”
²⁰ The bed is too short on which to stretch out,
And the ^(H)blanket is too ^[e]small to wrap oneself in.