‏ Psalms 88:3-6

3. grave--literally, "hell" (Psa 16:10), death in wide sense.

4. go ... pit--of destruction (Psa 28:1).

as a man--literally, "a stout man," whose strength is utterly gone.

5. Free ... dead--Cut off from God's care, as are the slain, who, falling under His wrath, are left, no longer sustained by His hand.

6. Similar figures for distress in Psa 63:9; 69:3.

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