Then they will be filled with dread—
dread like no other(A)
because God will scatter
the bones of those who besiege you.(B)
You will put them to shame,
for God has rejected them.(C)

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But there they are, overwhelmed with dread,
    where there was nothing to dread.(A)
God scattered the bones(B) of those who attacked you;(C)
    you put them to shame,(D) for God despised them.(E)

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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)

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Footnotes

  1. 88:5 Or set free
  2. 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.

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