Psalms 88:15
Justice and judgment are the establishment of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
In Context
14Thine is the mighty arm: let thy hand be strengthened, let thy right hand be exalted.
Cross References
Job 7:11Then neither will I refrain my mouth: I will speak being in distress; being in anguish I will disclose the bitterness of my soul.
Job 17:11My days have passed in groaning, and my heart-strings are broken.
Isaiah 53:3But his form was ignoble, and inferior to that of the children of men; he was a man in suffering, and acquainted with the bearing of sickness, for his face is turned from us: he was dishonoured, and not esteemed.
Zechariah 13:7Awake, O sword, against my + 13:7 Alex. shepherd.shepherds, and against the man who is my citizen, saith the Lord Almighty: + 13:7 Mat. 26. 31. smite the shepherds, and draw out the sheep: and I will bring mine hand upon the little ones.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 88:11-18
Pleading with God. 10 Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. 11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? 12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? 13 But unto thee have I cried, O Lord ; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. 14 Lord , why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me? 15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer… Read the whole commentary →