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Psalm 88:6–8

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6You have put me in the lowest pit,

in the darkest depths.g

7Your wrathh lies heavily on me;

you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.di

8You have taken from me my closest friendsj

and have made me repulsive to them.

I am confinedk and cannot escape;l

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Footnotes

  1. dThe Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 10.

Cross references

  1. gPs 30:1; See 69:15; La 3:55; Jnh 2:3
  2. hPs 7:11
  3. iSee Ps 42:7
  4. jSee Job 19:13; Ps 31:11
  5. kJer 32:2; 33:1
  6. lSee Job 3:23

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

You have put me in the depths of the pit,

in the regions dark and deep.

Your wrath lies heavy upon me,

and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah

You have caused my companions to shun me;

you have made me a horror to them.

I am shut in so that I cannot escape;

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You have put me in the lowest part of the Pit,

in the darkest places, in the depths.

Your wrath weighs heavily on me;

you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.

Selah

You have distanced my friends from me;

you have made me repulsive to them.

I am shut in and cannot go out.

NLTNew Living Translation

You have thrown me into the lowest pit,

into the darkest depths.

Your anger weighs me down;

with wave after wave you have engulfed me.

Interlude

You have driven my friends away

by making me repulsive to them.

I am in a trap with no way of escape.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

You have set me in the pit below,

in dark places, in the depths.

Your wrath presses upon me,

and you afflict me with all your waves. Selah

You have removed my acquaintances far from me.

You have made me detestable to them.

I am confined and cannot go out.

KJV 1900King James Version

Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit,

In darkness, in the deeps.

Thy wrath lieth hard upon me,

And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me;

Thou hast made me an abomination unto them:

I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.