Psalms 88:3
For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draweth nigh to Sheol.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
In Context
2Let my prayer come before thee; incline thine ear unto my cry.
4I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no strength:
Cross References
Job 6:2Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
Psalms 17:1{A Prayer of David.} Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer, which is not out of feigned lips.
Psalms 69:17And hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble: answer me speedily.
Psalms 88:14Why, O Jehovah, castest thou off my soul? [why] hidest thou thy face from me?
Psalms 107:26They mount up to the heavens, they go down to the depths; their soul is melted because of trouble;
Isaiah 53:3He is despised and left alone of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief, and like one from whom [men] hide their faces; despised, and we esteemed him not.
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 →