For I have had enough troubles,
and my life is near Sheol.(A)
I am counted among those going down to the Pit.(B)
I am like a man without strength,(C)
abandoned[a] among the dead.
I am like the slain lying in the grave,(D)
whom You no longer remember,
and who are cut off from Your care.[b](E)

You have put me in the lowest part of the Pit,
in the darkest places, in the depths.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 88:5 Or set free
  2. Psalm 88:5 Or hand

I am overwhelmed with troubles(A)
    and my life draws near to death.(B)
I am counted among those who go down to the pit;(C)
    I am like one without strength.(D)
I am set apart with the dead,
    like the slain who lie in the grave,
whom you remember no more,
    who are cut off(E) from your care.

You have put me in the lowest pit,
    in the darkest depths.(F)

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He has made me dwell in darkness
like those who have been dead for ages.(A)

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He has made me dwell in darkness
    like those long dead.(A)

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