New Revised Standard Version
to spare their souls from the Pit, their lives from traversing the River.

Contemporary English Version
and to protect us from being swept away to the world of the dead.

New American Bible
He holds his soul from the pit, his life from passing to the grave.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Rescuing his soul from corruption: and his life from passing to the sword.

Rescuing his soul from corruption: and his life from passing to the sword.

keepeth

Acts 16:27-33 And the keeper of the prison, awakening out of his sleep and seeing the doors of the prison open, drawing his sword, would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled. . . .

Romans 2:4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and patience and longsuffering? Knowest thou not that the benignity of God leadeth thee to penance?

2 Peter 3:9,15 The Lord delayeth not his promise, as some imagine, but dealeth patiently for your sake, not willing that any should perish, but that all should return to penance, . . .

perishing.