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[a]For my soul is filled with troubles;(A)
    my life draws near to Sheol.
I am reckoned with those who go down to the pit;
    I am like a warrior without strength.
My couch is among the dead,
    like the slain who lie in the grave.
You remember them no more;
    they are cut off from your influence.

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  1. 88:4–8 In imagination the psalmist already experiences the alienation of Sheol.

I am counted among those who go down to the pit;(A)
    I am like one without strength.(B)
I am set apart with the dead,
    like the slain who lie in the grave,
whom you remember no more,
    who are cut off(C) from your care.

You have put me in the lowest pit,
    in the darkest depths.(D)

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