Psalms 88:3
For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
In Context
2May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.
4I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.
Cross References
Job 6:2“If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.
Psalms 17:1Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.
Psalms 69:17Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!
Psalms 88:14Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
Psalms 107:26They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish.
Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, 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 →