²¹ Why not forgive my sin
and pardon my transgression?^(A)
For soon I will lie down in the grave.^(B)
You will eagerly seek me, but I will be gone.^(C)

¹⁶ Will it go down to the gates of Sheol,^(A)
or will we descend together to the dust?

⁵ may an enemy pursue and overtake me;
may he trample me to the ground^(A)
and leave my honor in the dust.^(B)Selah