Mazmur 88:6

88:6 You place me in the lowest regions of the pit, ¹ 

in the dark places, in the watery depths.

Mazmur 88:16

88:16 Your anger overwhelms me; ² 

your terrors destroy me.

[88:6]  ¹ tn The noun בּוֹר (bor, “pit,” “cistern”) is sometimes used of the grave and/or the realm of the dead. See v. 4.

[88:16]  ² tn Heb “passes over me.”