Psalm 88:3-5

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For I have had enough troubles,
and my life is near Sheol.^(A)

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I am counted among those going down to the Pit.^(B)
I am like a man without strength,^(C)

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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)

a. Psalm 88:5: Or set free

b. Psalm 88:5: Or hand

A. Psalm 88:3: Psalm 16:10; Psalm 116:3

B. Psalm 88:4: Psalm 28:1; Psalm 143:7

C. Psalm 88:4: Psalm 61:2

D. Psalm 88:5: Psalm 31:12

E. Psalm 88:5: Psalm 31:22; Isaiah 53:8