Psalms 88:15
(88:16) I am afflicted and perishing from my youth up: I bear thy terrors, I am distracted.
Leeser Tanakh
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
14(88:15) Why, O Lord, wilt thou cast off my soul? [why] wilt thou hide thy face from me?
16(88:17) Over me have the fires of thy wrath passed; thy terrors have destroyed me;
Cross References
Job 7:11Therefore will I also not restrain my mouth: I will speak in the anguish of my spirit: I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 17:11My days are past, my resolves are broken off, [even the thoughts]—the possessions of my heart.
Psalms 22:14(22:15) Like water am I poured out, and all my bones are disjointed: my heart is become like wax, it is melted in the midst of my entrails.
Psalms 44:25(44:26) For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our body cleaveth unto the earth.
Isaiah 53:3He was despised and shunned by men; a man of pains, and acquainted with disease; and as one who hid his face from us was he despised, and we esteemed him not.
Zechariah 13:7Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man whom I have associated with me, saith the Lord of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; but I will turn my hand toward the feeble ones.
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 →