Psalms 88:16
(88:17) Over me have the fires of thy wrath passed; thy terrors have destroyed me;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
In Context
15(88:16) I am afflicted and perishing from my youth up: I bear thy terrors, I am distracted.
17(88:18) They encompass me like water all the time; they have closed in round about me together.
Cross References
Job 30:15Terrors have turned their face against me; they chase like the wind my glory: and like a cloud is my happiness passed away.
Psalms 89:46(89:47) How long, Lord, wilt thou hide thyself, continually? how long shall thy fury burn like fire?
Psalms 90:11Who knoweth the strength of thy anger, and thy wrath which is like the fear of thee?
Psalms 119:120My flesh trembleth shudderingly from dread of thee, and of thy decrees am I afraid.
Isaiah 53:8Through oppression and through judicial punishment was he taken away; but his generation—who could tell, that he was cut away out of the land of life, [that] for the transgressions of my people the plague was laid on him?
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 →