Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord; how much more the hearts of the children of man!
If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
“If they dig into Sheol, from there shall my hand take them; if they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down.
Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
Sheol beneath is stirred up to meet you when you come; it rouses the shades to greet you, all who were leaders of the earth; it raises from their thrones all who were kings of the nations.
If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night,”
Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah
Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.
It is higher than heaven—what can you do? Deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
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