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You have put me in the deep hole of death,
    far down in a very dark place.
Your anger is very heavy on me.
It is like the waves of the sea that knock me down.
You have caused my best friends
    to keep away from me.
They do not even want to look at me.
A trap has caught me
    and I cannot escape.

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You have put me in the lowest pit,
    in the darkest depths.(A)
Your wrath(B) lies heavily on me;
    you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.[a](C)
You have taken from me my closest friends(D)
    and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined(E) and cannot escape;(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 88:7 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 10.