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I have been abandoned among the dead,
    like the slain who lie in the grave,
like those whom you remember no longer
    and whom your hand has abandoned.[a]
[b]You have lowered me into the depths of the pit,
    into the darkest regions of the abyss.
Your wrath lies heavy upon me;
    all your waves engulf me. Selah

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 88:6 As far as the psalmist is concerned, he is already in the pit (see note on Ps 6:6), where he cannot call upon God to remember him and come to his aid (see Pss 25:7; 74:2; 106:4).
  2. Psalm 88:7 For some reason God has let a flood of troubles overwhelm the suppliant so that he remains deprived of all human consolation (see Ps 142:7; Lam 3:7).