88:4 They treat me like 1 those who descend into the grave. 2
I am like a helpless man, 3
88:5 adrift 4 among the dead,
like corpses lying in the grave,
whom you remember no more,
and who are cut off from your power. 5
[88:4] 1 tn Heb “I am considered with.”
[88:4] 2 tn Heb “the pit.” The noun בּוֹר (bor, “pit,” “cistern”) is sometimes used of the grave and/or the realm of the dead.
[88:4] 3 tn Heb “I am like a man [for whom] there is no help.”
[88:5] 4 tn Heb “set free.”
[88:5] 5 tn Heb “from your hand.”
