Psalms 88:15
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer thy terrors I am confounded.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
In Context
14LORD, why do thou cast off my soul? Why do thou hide thy face from me?
16Thy fierce wrath has gone over me. Thy terrors have cut me off.
Cross References
Job 7:11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 17:11My days are past. my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted within me.
Psalms 44:25For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our body clings to the ground.
Isaiah 53:3He was despised, and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. And as him from whom men hide their face he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Zechariah 13:7Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is my companion, says LORD of hosts. Smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. And I will turn my hand upon the little ones.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 88:11-18
Pleading with God. 10 Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. 11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? 12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? 13 But unto thee have I cried, O Lord ; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. 14 Lord , why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me? 15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer… Read the whole commentary →