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Psalm 88:3–4

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88:3For my life5 is filled with troubles

and I am ready to enter Sheol.6

88:4They treat me like7 those who descend into the grave.8

I am like a helpless man,9

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Footnotes

  1. 5 Or “my soul.”
  2. 6 Heb “and my life approaches Sheol.”
  3. 7 Heb “I am considered with.”
  4. 8 Heb “the pit.” The noun בּוֹר (bor, “pit,” “cistern”) is sometimes used of the grave and/or the realm of the dead.
  5. 9 Heb “I am like a man [for whom] there is no help.”

The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For my soul is full of troubles,

and my life draws near to Sheol.

I am counted among those who go down to the pit;

I am a man who has no strength,

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I am overwhelmed with troubles

and my life draws near to death.

I am counted among those who go down to the pit;

I am like one without strength.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For I have had enough troubles,

and my life is near Sheol.

I am counted among those going down to the Pit.

I am like a man without strength,

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

For my life is full of troubles,

and death draws near.

I am as good as dead,

like a strong man with no strength left.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For my soul is full with troubles,

and my life approaches Sheol.

I am reckoned with those descending to the pit.

I am like a man without strength,

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

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:

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