Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 88:5
Free among the dead - צפשי במתים bammethim chophshi , I rather think, means stripped among the dead. Both the fourth and fifth verses seem to allude to a field of battle: the slain and the wounded, are found scattered over the plain; the spoilers come among them, and strip, not only the dead, but those also who appear to be mortally wounded, and cannot recover, and are so feeble as not to be able to resist. Hence the psalmist says, "I am counted with them that go down into the pit; I am... read more
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 88:4
I am counted with them, etc. - I am as good as dead; nearly destitute of life and hope. read more