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Psalm 88:3-5
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 88:3-5
New Catholic Bible
3 Let my prayer come before you;
give ear to my cry for help.
4 [a]For my soul[b] is filled with misery,
and my life draws near to the netherworld.
5 I am numbered among those who go down to the pit;[c]
all strength has failed me.
Footnotes
- Psalm 88:4 His soul is full of troubles; indeed, he is accounted as one already in the grave and cut off from God (see Ps 143:7; Job 10:15; 17:1).
- Psalm 88:4 Soul: see note on Ps 6:4. Netherworld: see note on Ps 6:6.
- Psalm 88:5 The psalmist is alive but dead (see Pss 6:6; 107:18) as to his contemporaries (see Pss 22:30; 28:1; 143:7; Prov 1:12). Pit: see note on Ps 30:2.
