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Psalms 88:4

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I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
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  1. Psalms 28:1Rank 1 from verse 4
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    1UNTO thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

  2. 2 Corinthians 1:9Rank 2 from verse 4
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    9But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:

  3. Isaiah 38:17–18Rank 3 from verse 4
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    17Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

    18For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

  4. Psalms 143:7Rank 4 from verse 4
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    7Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

  5. Psalms 31:12Rank 5 from verse 4
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    12I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

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Psalms 88:4

COMBINED MEANING

counted

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Sense 1: Past tense or past participle of count: numbered or calculated. Sense 2: Past tense or past participle of count: reckoned, regarded, esteemed, or accounted as.

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COMBINED MEANING

pit

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Sense 1: A hole, cavity, cistern, dungeon, trap, or place of confinement. Sense 2: The grave, deep ruin, or a place of judgment.

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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strength

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Power, might, force, ability, firmness, courage, capacity, support, defence, resources, or that by which a person or thing is enabled to stand, act, endure, overcome, or accomplish a work.

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3For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

4I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

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5Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

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