Psalms 88:3
For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.
American Standard Version
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 enter into thy presence; 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 help,
Cross References
Job 6:2Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances!
Psalms 17:1Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
Psalms 69:17And hide not thy face from thy servant; For I am in distress; answer me speedily.
Psalms 88:14Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul? Why hidest thou thy face from me?
Psalms 107:26They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths: Their soul melteth away because of trouble.
Isaiah 53:3He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was 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 →