“My soul is full of troubles.
My life draws near to Sheol.
I am counted
Among those who go down to the Pit.
I am like
Those who have no strength.
I am like
Those forsaken among the dead.
I am like
Those slain that lie in the grave.
I am like
Those whom you remember no more.
Thus they are cut off from your hand.
You have put me
In the depths of the Pit.
You have put me
In the regions dark and deep.
Your wrath lies heavy upon me.
You overwhelm me with all your waves.”
Selah
This psalmist is in bad shape, near death. He was full of troubles. He was counted as dead already. He was like a dead man with no one to help him. He was like a forsaken dead person that nobody cared about. No one remembered him. He sounds a little like Job. He was cut off from the hand of God as if he were already in the deepest pit in some dark area. God’s wrath had come upon him as he was overwhelmed with the waves. This section ends with the musical interlude meditative pause of Selah.