Before I go whence I shall not return, (Even) to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
The land dark as midnight, (The land) of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight.
Our fathers trusted in thee: They trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
Neither said they, Where is Jehovah that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man dwelt?
To shine upon them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death; To guide our feet into the way of peace.