Psalms 88:5

I am counted among them that go down to the pit: I am become as a man without help,

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4For my soul is filled with evils: and my life hath drawn nigh to hell.

6free among the dead. Like the slain sleeping in the sepulchres, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cast off from thy hand.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:29Now when God destroyed the cities of that country, remembering Abraham, he delivered Lot out of the destruction of the cities wherein he had dwelt.

Job 11:10If he shall overturn all things, or shall press them together, who shall contradict him?

Psalms 28:1A psalm for David himself. Unto thee will I cry, O Lord: O my God, be not thou silent to me: lest thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

Psalms 31:22Blessed be the Lord, for he hath shewn his wonderful mercy to me in a fortified city.

Isaiah 38:10I said: In the midst of my days I shall go to the gates of hell: I sought for the residue of my years.

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 →

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