I am counted with them that go down into the pit—I am so near to death that I may be reckoned already as among the dead. It is so m…

As a man ... —Rather, like a hero whose strength is gone.

And my life draws near to the grave. I am counted with those who go down into the pit:

"They put me down as a dead man. Those who s…

I am counted with them that go down into the pit
With the dead, with them that are worthy of death, with malefactors…

The first words of the psalmist are the only words of comfort and support in this psalm. Good people can be so greatly afflicted, and may have such…