Psalms 88:16
(88-17) Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
In Context
17(88-18) They came round about me like water all the day; they compassed me about together.
Cross References
Job 30:15Terrors are turned upon me, they chase mine honour as the wind; and my welfare is passed away as a cloud.
Psalms 89:46(89-47) How long, O LORD, wilt Thou hide Thyself for ever? How long shall Thy wrath burn like fire?
Psalms 90:11Who knoweth the power of Thine anger, and Thy wrath according to the fear that is due unto Thee?
Psalms 119:120My flesh shuddereth for fear of Thee; and I am afraid of Thy judgments.
Isaiah 53:8By oppression and judgment he was taken away, and with his generation who did reason? for he was cut off out of the land of the living, for the transgression of my people to whom the stroke was due.
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 →