88:5 adrift 1 among the dead,
like corpses lying in the grave,
whom you remember no more,
and who are cut off from your power. 2
88:6 You place me in the lowest regions of the pit, 3
in the dark places, in the watery depths.
88:7 Your anger bears down on me,
and you overwhelm me with all your waves. (Selah)
1 tn Heb “set free.”
2 tn Heb “from your hand.”
3 tn The noun בּוֹר (bor, “pit,” “cistern”) is sometimes used of the grave and/or the realm of the dead. See v. 4.