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You have ·brought me close to death [L set me in a Pit below];
    ·I am almost in the dark place of the dead [L …in the deepest darkness].
You have ·been very angry with [L put your wrath on] me;
    ·all your waves crush me [L you have afflicted me with all your breakers]. ·Selah [Interlude]
You have ·taken [moved] my friends away from me
    and have made ·them hate me [me an abomination to them].
I am ·trapped [imprisoned] and cannot ·escape [get out].

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You have put me in the lowest pit,
    in the darkest depths.(A)
Your wrath(B) lies heavily on me;
    you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.[a](C)
You have taken from me my closest friends(D)
    and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined(E) and cannot escape;(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 88:7 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 10.