The psalmist extends the image of social abandonment, describing himself as forgotten like a dead person, broken and discarded. The verb "I am forgotten" suggests that the psalmist has been erased from communal memory. The comparison to a dead person emphasizes the completeness of the social death. The phrase "like a broken vessel" suggests that the psalmist is viewed as damaged goods. The verse portrays a kind of living death, where the psalmist continues to exist but is treated as though he were already gone.

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