⁶ he has made me sit in darkness
    like the dead of long ago.^(A)

⁴ I am counted among those who go down to the Pit;
    I am like those who have no help,^(A)
5 like those forsaken among the dead,
    like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom you remember no more,
    for they are cut off from your hand.^(B)
6 You have put me in the depths of the Pit,
    in the regions dark and deep.^(C)

⁶ Listen to my cry,
    for I am brought very low.

¹² I have passed out of mind like one who is dead;
    I have become like a broken vessel.^(A)
13 For I hear the whispering of many—
    terror all around!—
as they scheme together against me,
    as they plot to take my life.^(B)

⁹ from the wicked who despoil me,
    my deadly enemies who surround me.
¹⁰ They close their hearts to pity;
    with their mouths they speak arrogantly.^(A)
11 They flush me out;^[a] now they surround me;
    they set their eyes to cast me to the ground.
¹² They are like a lion eager to tear,
    like a young lion lurking in ambush.^(B)