16 If my head is exalted,
^aYou hunt me like a fierce lion,
And again You show Yourself awesome against me. ‡

17 You renew Your witnesses against me,
And increase Your indignation toward me;
Changes and war are ever with me.

21 Before I go to the place from which I shall not return,
^aTo the land of darkness ^band the shadow of death, ‡

22 A land as dark as darkness itself,
As the shadow of death, without any order,
Where even the light is like darkness.’ ”