Psalms 88:7

\88:6\You have put me in the lowest deep, even in dark places.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

In Context

6\88:5\My soul is among the dead, like those in the underworld, to whom you give no more thought; for they are cut off from your care.

8\88:7\The weight of your wrath is crushing me, all your waves have overcome me. (Selah.)

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Cross References

Job 10:16And that if there was cause for pride, you would go after me like a lion; and again put out your wonders against me:

Psalms 38:1A Psalm. Of David. To keep in memory.

Psalms 69:3\69:2\My feet are deep in the soft earth, where there is no support; I have come into deep waters, the waves are flowing over me.

Psalms 102:10\102:9\I have had dust for bread and my drink has been mixed with weeping:

Jonah 2:4\2:3\For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me.

Romans 2:5But by your hard and unchanged heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of the revelation of God's judging in righteousness;

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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