Psalms 88:15
I [am] afflicted, and expiring from youth, || I have borne Your terrors—I pine away.
Literal Standard Version
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
14Why, O YHWH, do You cast off my soul? You hide Your face from me.
16Your wrath has passed over me, || Your terrors have cut me off,
Cross References
Job 7:11Also I do not withhold my mouth—I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 17:11My days have passed by, || My plans have been broken off, || The possessions of my heart!
Psalms 22:14I have been poured out as waters, || And all my bones have separated themselves, || My heart has been like wax, || It is melted in the midst of My bowels.
Psalms 44:25For our soul has bowed to the dust, || Our belly has cleaved to the earth.
Isaiah 53:3He is despised, and left of men, || A Man of pains, and acquainted with sickness, || And as one hiding the face from us, || He is despised, and we did not esteem Him.
Zechariah 13:7Sword, awake against My Shepherd, || And against a hero—My Fellow,” || A declaration of YHWH of Hosts. “Strike the Shepherd, and the flock is scattered, || And I have put back My hand on the little 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 →