Holy Scripture
Psalms 87:6
A church father on this verse
“We ought to know that what we have interpreted of the Church can be understood also of our soul. For if Zion is interpreted as a watchtower, and our soul in no other way but always considers higher things: the true church, the true temple of Christ is nothing other than the human soul. The Church of Christ is nothing…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
6free among the dead, As the slain ones cast out, who sleep in the tomb; Whom thou rememberest no more; And they are rejected from thy hand.
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4For my soul is filled with troubles, And my life has drawn nigh to Hades.
5I have been reckoned with them that go down to the pit; I became as a man without help;
— Psalms 87:6 —
7They laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, and in the shadow of death.
8Thy wrath has pressed heavily upon me, And thou hast brought upon me all thy billows. Pause.