Psalms 88:8
God is glorified by the counsel of the saints. He is great and terrible above all those who are around him.
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In Context
7For who among the clouds is equal to the Lord? Who among the sons of God is like God?
9O Lord, God of hosts, who is like you? You are powerful, Lord, and your truth is all around you.
Cross References
Job 12:14If he tears down, there is no one who can build up; if he encloses a man, there is no one who can open.
Job 19:13He has put my brothers far from me, and my friends have withdrawn from me like strangers.
Psalms 31:11Rejoice in the Lord and exult, you just ones, and glory, all you upright of heart.
Psalms 88:18For you are the glory of their virtue, and in your goodness, our horn will be exalted.
Psalms 143:4Man has been made similar to vanity. His days pass by like a shadow.
Isaiah 63:3I have trod the winepress alone. And among the nations, there is no man beside me. I have trampled on them in my fury, and I have tread them down in my wrath. And so, their blood has been sprinkled on my vestments, and I have stained all my garments.
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 →