Psalms 88:15
I have been sick since I was young, often at death's door. I have had to bear the terrible things you've done to me. I'm in despair!
Free Bible Version
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
14Lord, why do you reject me? Why do you turn away from me?
16Your anger has overcome me; the terrible things you do have destroyed me.
Cross References
Job 7:11So, no, I won't hold my tongue—I will speak in the agony of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 17:11My life is over. My plans are gone. My heart is broken.
Psalms 22:14I feel like I'm being poured out like water. I'm falling apart as if all my bones have become loose. My mind feels like it's wax melting inside me.
Psalms 44:25We lie ruined in the dust, our bodies facedown in the dirt.
Isaiah 53:3People despised him and rejected him. He was a man who really suffered and who experienced the deepest pain. We treated him like someone you turn away from in disgust—we despised him and had no respect for him.
Zechariah 13:7Wake up, my sword! Attack my shepherd, the man who stands beside me! declares the Lord. Strike the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered, and I will raise my hand against the lambs.
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 →