Psalms 88:6

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

In Context

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.

7(88-8) Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and all Thy waves Thou pressest down. Selah

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire is kindled in My nostril, and burneth unto the depths of the nether-world, and devoureth the earth with her produce, and setteth ablaze the foundations of the mountains.

Psalms 69:15(69-16) Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

Psalms 130:1A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths have I called Thee, O LORD.

Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is as darkness; they know not at what they stumble.

Lamentations 3:55I called upon Thy name, O LORD, Out of the lowest dungeon.

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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