King James Version (KJV)
So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
Modern English
so that I would choose strangling and death rather than my bones.
Hebrew
וַתִּבְחַ֣ר מַחֲנָ֣ק נַפְשִׁ֑י מָ֝וֶת מֵֽעַצְמוֹתָֽי׃
vatibḥar maḥanaq napshiy mavet meʿaṣmvotay