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Psalm 88:5-7
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 88:5-7
New Catholic Bible
5 I am numbered among those who go down to the pit;[a]
all strength has failed me.
6 I have been abandoned among the dead,
like the slain who lie in the grave,
like those whom you remember no longer
and whom your hand has abandoned.[b]
7 [c]You have lowered me into the depths of the pit,
into the darkest regions of the abyss.
Footnotes
- 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.
- Psalm 88:6 As far as the psalmist is concerned, he is already in the pit (see note on Ps 6:6), where he cannot call upon God to remember him and come to his aid (see Pss 25:7; 74:2; 106:4).
- Psalm 88:7 For some reason God has let a flood of troubles overwhelm the suppliant so that he remains deprived of all human consolation (see Ps 142:7; Lam 3:7).
