he forced me to sit in the dark like someone long dead.
My enemies are chasing me, crushing me in the ground. I am in total darkness, like someone long dead.
Please hurry, LORD, and answer my prayer. I feel hopeless. Don't turn away and leave me here to die.
We feel our way along, as if we were blind; we stumble at midday, as if it were night. We can see no better than someone dead.