Psalms 88:9
Mine eye consumeth by reason of affliction. Upon thee, Jehovah, have I called every day; I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
10Wilt thou do wonders to the dead? shall the shades arise and praise thee? Selah.
Cross References
Job 11:13If thou prepare thy heart and stretch out thy hands toward him,
Job 17:7And mine eye is dim by reason of grief, and all my members are as a shadow.
Psalms 38:10My heart throbbeth, my strength hath left me; and the light of mine eyes, it also is no more with me.
Psalms 42:3My tears have been my bread day and night, while they say unto me all the day, Where is thy God?
Psalms 55:17Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray and moan aloud; and he will hear my voice.
Psalms 86:3Be gracious unto me, O Lord; for unto thee do I call all the day.
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 →