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The shades[a] beneath writhe in terror,(A)
    the waters, and their inhabitants.
Naked before him is Sheol,[b]
    and Abaddon has no covering.(B)
He stretches out Zaphon[c] over the void,
    and suspends the earth over nothing at all;

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Footnotes

  1. 26:5 Shades: the dead in Sheol, the nether world; cf. Ps 88:11; Is 26:14.
  2. 26:6 Sheol: cf. note on Ps 6:6. Abaddon: Hebrew for “(place of) destruction,” a synonym for nether world; cf. Jb 28:22; Rev 9:11.
  3. 26:7 Zaphon: lit., “the north,” used here as a synonym for the firmament, the heavens; cf. Is 14:13.

“The dead are in deep anguish,(A)
    those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
The realm of the dead(B) is naked before God;
    Destruction[a](C) lies uncovered.(D)
He spreads out the northern skies(E) over empty space;
    he suspends the earth over nothing.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 26:6 Hebrew Abaddon