Psalm 88:4
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4 I am counted among those who go down to the Pit;
I am like those who have no help,(A)
Psalm 28:1
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Psalm 28
Prayer for Help and Thanksgiving for It
Of David.
1 To you, O Lord, I call;
my rock, do not refuse to hear me,
for if you are silent to me,
I shall be like those who go down to the Pit.(A)
2 Corinthians 1:9
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9 Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death so that we would rely not on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.
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Psalm 143:7
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7 Answer me quickly, O Lord;
my spirit fails.
Do not hide your face from me,
or I shall be like those who go down to the Pit.(A)
2 Corinthians 13:4
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4 For he was crucified in weakness but lives by the power of God. For we are weak in him,[a] but in dealing with you we will live with him by the power of God.(A)
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- 13.4 Other ancient authorities read with him
Romans 5:6
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6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.(A)
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Jonah 2:6
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6 at the roots of the mountains.
I went down to the land
whose bars closed upon me forever;
yet you brought up my life from the Pit,
O Lord my God.(A)
Ezekiel 26:20
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20 then I will thrust you down with those who descend into the Pit, to the people of long ago, and I will make you live in the world below, among primeval ruins, with those who go down to the Pit, so that you will not be inhabited or have a place[a] in the land of the living.(A)
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- 26.20 Gk: Heb I will give beauty
Isaiah 38:17-18
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17 Surely it was for my welfare
that I had great bitterness,
but you have held back[a] my life
from the pit of destruction,
for you have cast all my sins
behind your back.(A)
18 For Sheol cannot thank you;
death cannot praise you;
those who go down to the Pit cannot hope
for your faithfulness.(B)
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- 38.17 Cn Compare Gk Vg: Heb loved
Psalm 109:22-24
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22 For I am poor and needy,
and my heart is pierced within me.(A)
23 I am gone like a shadow at evening;
I am shaken off like a locust.(B)
24 My knees are weak through fasting;
my body has become gaunt.(C)
Psalm 31:12
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12 I have passed out of mind like one who is dead;
I have become like a broken vessel.(A)
Psalm 30:9
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9 “What profit is there in my death,
if I go down to the Pit?
Will the dust praise you?
Will it tell of your faithfulness?(A)
Job 17:1
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Job Prays for Relief
17 “My spirit is broken; my days are extinct;
the grave is ready for me.(A)
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