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18 All types of food became loathsome to them,
    and they were nearing the gates of death.[a]
19 Then they cried out to the Lord in their anguish,
    and he rescued them from their distress.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 107:18 Gates of death: metaphorical description for death (see Pss 9:14; 88:4) in keeping with the ancient custom of picturing the realm of death as a city in the netherworld with a series of gates that prevented return to the land of the living (see Job 38:17; Mt 16:18).

18 They loathed all food(A)
    and drew near the gates of death.(B)
19 Then they cried(C) to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he saved them(D) from their distress.

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