Psalms 88:5

(88-6) Set apart among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom Thou rememberest no more; and they are cut off from Thy hand.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4(88-5) I am counted with them that go down into the pit; I am become as a man that hath no help;

6(88-7) Thou hast laid me in the nethermost pit, in dark places, in the deeps.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:29And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.

Job 11:10If He pass by, and shut up, or gather in, then who can hinder Him?

Psalms 28:1A Psalm of David. Unto thee, O LORD, do I call; my Rock, be not Thou deaf unto me; lest, if Thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

Psalms 31:22(31-23) As for me, I said in my haste: 'I am cut off from before Thine eyes'; nevertheless Thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto Thee.

Psalms 136:23Who remembered us in our low estate, for His mercy endureth for ever;

Isaiah 38:10I said: In the noontide of my days I shall go, even to the gates of the nether-world; I am deprived of the residue of my years.

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 →

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