Psalm 88:4 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter)

I'm counted with those that go down to pit, and no strength have.

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

I am counted among those who go down into the pit (the grave); I am like a man who has no help or strength [a mere shadow],

I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help,

I am considered as one of those plummeting into the pit. I am like those who are beyond help,

I have set up a covenant with my elect. I have sworn to David my servant:

I have made a covenant with my elect: I have sworn to David my servant:

Haste, Lord, to hear, my spirit fails: hide not thy face from me; Lest like to them I do become that go down to the dust.

To thee I'll cry, O Lord, my rock; hold not thy peace to me; Lest like those that to pit descend I by thy silence be.

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

Ev'n so I am forgot, As men are out of mind when dead: I'm like a broken pot.

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