Psalms 88:6

(88:7) Thou hast laid me in the pit of the lower world, in darkness, in the depths.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5(88:6) Free among the dead, like the slain that dwell in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more; and those that are cut off by thy hand.

7(88:8) Upon me lieth heavily thy fury, and with all thy billows hast thou afflicted me. Selah.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire is kindled in my anger, and it burneth unto the lowest deep; and it consumeth the earth with her products, and it setteth on fire the foundations of the mountains.

Psalms 69:15(69:16) Let not the flood of waters overflow me, and let not the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit close its mouth upon me.

Psalms 130:1“A song of the degrees.” Out of the depths have I called thee, O Lord.

Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is like darkness: they know not against what they stumble.

Lamentations 3:55I called on thy name, O Lord, out of the dungeon of the lowest depth.

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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