Psalms 88:16
Blessed is the people that knows jubilation. They will walk in the light of your countenance, O Lord,
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
In Context
15Justice and judgment are the preparation of your throne. Mercy and truth will precede your face.
17and they will exult in your name all day long, and they will be exalted in your justice.
Cross References
Job 30:15I have been reduced to nothing. You have taken away my desire like a wind, and my health has passed by like a cloud.
Psalms 90:11For he has given his Angels charge over you, so as to preserve you in all your ways.
Isaiah 53:8He was lifted up from anguish and judgment. Who will describe his life? For he has been cut off from the land of the living. Because of the wickedness of my people, I have struck him down.
Romans 8:32He who did not spare even his own Son, but handed him over for the sake of us all, how could he not also, with him, have given us all things?
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 →