Psalms 88:4

2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;

3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.
KJV
I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
WEB
I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,
ASV
I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help,
DARBY
I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no strength:
BLB
I am counted with those going down into the Pit; I am like a man with no strength,
ÅB
Jeg aktes like med dem som farer ned i hulen; jeg er som en mann uten kraft,
OTB
Jeg regnes som en som stiger ned i graven;
Jeg har blitt som en person uten styrke,
B1930
Jeg aktes like med dem som farer ned i hulen; jeg er som en mann uten kraft,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 28:1

    Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

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  • 2 Corinthians 1:9

    But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:

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  • Isaiah 38:17–18

    Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

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  • Psalms 31:12

    I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

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  • Psalms 143:7

    Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

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  • Job 17:1

    My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.

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  • 2 Corinthians 13:4

    For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.

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  • Psalms 30:9

    What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

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