Psalms 88:10

Thou rulest the power of the sea; 1 And thou calmest the tumult of its waves. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

In Context

9O Lord God of hosts, who is like to thee? 1 Thou art mighty, O Lord, and thy truth is round about thee. 1

11Thou hast brought down the proud as one that is slain; 1 And with the arm of thy power thou hast scattered thine enemies. 1

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Cross References

Job 14:7For there is hope for a tree, 1 Even if it should be cut down, that it shall blossom again, 1 And its branch shall not fail. 1

Psalms 30:9And thou hast not shut me up into the hands of the enemy: 1 Thou hast set my feet in a wide place. 1

Psalms 143:6Send lightning, and thou shalt scatter them: 1 Send forth thine arrows, and thou shalt discomfit them. 1

Isaiah 38:18For they that are in the grave shall not praise thee, neither shall the dead bless thee, neither shall they that are in Hades hope for thy mercy.

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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