Psalms 88:10

my eyes languished through poverty. All the day I cried to thee, O Lord: I stretched out my hands to thee.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

In Context

9Thou hast put away my acquaintance far from me: they have set me an abomination to themselves. I was delivered up, and came not forth:

11Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? or shall physicians raise to life, and give praise to thee?

Read all of Psalms 88

Cross References

Job 14:7A tree hath hope: if it be cut, it groweth green again, and the boughs thereof sprout.

Psalms 30:9To thee, O Lord, will I cry: and I will make supplication to my God.

Psalms 143:6I cried to thee, O Lord: I said: Thou art my hope, my portion in the land of the living.

Isaiah 38:18For hell shall not confess to thee, neither shall death praise thee: nor shall they that go down into the pit, look for thy truth.

Mark 5:35While he was yet speaking, some come from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying: Thy daughter is dead: why dost thou trouble the master any further?

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Psalms 88:10