Psalms 88:3
(88:4) For my soul is sated with troubles; and my life draweth nigh unto the nether world.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
In Context
2(88:3) Let my prayer come unto thy presence; incline thy ear unto my entreaty.
4(88:5) I am counted with those that descend into the pit; I am become as a man without vigor:
Cross References
Job 6:2Oh that my vexation could be truly weighed, and my calamity; oh that men might lift it up in the balances at once!
Psalms 17:1“A prayer of David.” Hear, O Lord, [the cause of] righteousness, attend unto my entreaty, give ear unto my prayer, coming from lips without deceit.
Psalms 69:17(69:18) And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in distress: make haste and answer me.
Psalms 88:14(88:15) Why, O Lord, wilt thou cast off my soul? [why] wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Psalms 107:26They would mount up to heaven, they would go down to the depths: their soul was melted because of their danger.
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.
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 →