28 He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit,
and I will continue to see the light.”

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Psalm 28

My Strength

Davidic.

Lord, I call to You;
my rock, do not be deaf to me.(A)
If You remain silent to me,
I will be like those going down to the Pit.(B)

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Lord, You brought me up from Sheol;(A)
You spared me from among those
going down[a] to the Pit.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 30:3 Some Hb mss, LXX, Theod, Orig, Syr; other Hb mss, Aq, Sym, Tg, Jer read from going down

15 But you will be brought down to Sheol
into the deepest regions of the Pit.(A)

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They will bring you down to the Pit,(A)
and you will die a violent death
in the heart of the sea.

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14 This happened so that no trees planted beside water would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds,[a] and so that no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the underworld, among the people who descend to the Pit.(A)

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  1. Ezekiel 31:14 Or thick foliage

18 “Son of man, wail over the hordes of Egypt and bring Egypt and the daughters of mighty nations down to the underworld,[a] to be with those who descend to the Pit:(A)

19 Who do you surpass in loveliness?
Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised!
20 They will fall among those slain by the sword.
A sword is appointed!(B)
They drag her and all her hordes away.
21 Warrior leaders will speak
from the middle of Sheol
about him[b] and his allies:
They have come down;
the uncircumcised lie
slain by the sword.(C)

22 Assyria is there with all her company;
her graves are all around her.
All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.
23 Her graves are set in the deepest regions of the Pit,
and her company is all around her burial place.
All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—
those who once spread terror
in the land of the living.

24 Elam(D) is there
with all her hordes around her grave.
All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—
those who went down to the underworld[c] uncircumcised,
who once spread their terror
in the land of the living.
They bear their disgrace
with those who descend to the Pit.
25 Among the slain
they prepare a resting place for Elam
with all her hordes.
Her graves are all around her.
All of them are uncircumcised,
slain by the sword,
although their terror was once spread
in the land of the living.
They bear their disgrace
with those who descend to the Pit.
They are placed among the slain.

26 Meshech and Tubal[d](E) are there,
with all their hordes.
Their graves are all around them.
All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword,
although their terror was once spread
in the land of the living.
27 They do not lie down
with the fallen warriors of the uncircumcised,[e]
who went down to Sheol
with their weapons of war,
whose swords were placed under their heads.[f]
The punishment for their sins
rested on their bones,
although the terror of these warriors
was once in the land of the living.
28 But you will be shattered
and will lie down among the uncircumcised,
with those slain by the sword.(F)

29 Edom(G) is there, her kings and all her princes,
who, despite their strength, have been placed
among those slain by the sword.
They lie down with the uncircumcised,
with those who descend to the Pit.
30 All the leaders of the north(H)
and all the Sidonians(I) are there.
They went down in shame with the slain,
despite the terror their strength inspired.
They lie down uncircumcised
with those slain by the sword.
They bear their disgrace
with those who descend to the Pit.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 32:18 Lit the lower parts of the earth
  2. Ezekiel 32:21 Either Pharaoh or Egypt
  3. Ezekiel 32:24 Lit the lower parts of the earth
  4. Ezekiel 32:26 Lit Meshech-tubal
  5. Ezekiel 32:27 LXX reads of antiquity
  6. Ezekiel 32:27 Or Do they not . . . heads?

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