Psalms 88:10

\88:9\My eyes are wasting away because of my trouble: Lord, my cry has gone up to you every day, my hands are stretched out to you.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

In Context

9\88:8\You have sent my friends far away from me; you have made me a disgusting thing in their eyes: I am shut up, and not able to come out.

11\88:10\Will you do works of wonder for the dead? will the shades come back to give you praise? (Selah.)

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Cross References

Job 14:7For there is hope of a tree; if it is cut down, it will come to life again, and its branches will not come to an end.

Psalms 30:9\30:8\My voice went up to you, O Lord; I made my prayer to the Lord.

Psalms 115:17The dead do not give praise to the Lord; or those who go down to the underworld.

Psalms 143:6My hands are stretched out to you: my soul is turned to you, like a land in need of water. (Selah.)

Isaiah 38:18For the underworld is not able to give you praise, death gives you no honour: for those who go down into the underworld there is no hope in your mercy.

Mark 5:35And while he was still talking, they came from the ruler of the Synagogue's house, saying, Your daughter is dead: why are you still troubling the Master?

Matthew Henry on Psalms 88:2-10

Sorrowful Complaints; Complaining to God. 1 O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee: 2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; 3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. 4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: 5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. 6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in… Read the whole commentary →

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