Psalms 88:4
I made a covenant with my chosen ones, 1 I swore unto David my servant. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
In Context
5I will establish thy seed forever, 1 And build up thy throne to all generations. Pause. 1
Cross References
Psalms 28:1A Psalm of David on the occasion of the solemn assembly of the Tabernacle. 1 Bring to the Lord, ye sons of God, 1 Bring to the Lord young rams; 1 Bring to the Lord glory and honor. 1
Psalms 143:7Send forth thy hand from on high; 1 Rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, 1 Out of the hand of strange children; 1
Isaiah 53:3But his form was ignoble, and inferior to that of the children of men; he was a man in suffering, and acquainted with the bearing of sickness, for his face is turned from us: he was dishonored, and not esteemed.
Ezekiel 26:20and great waters shall cover thee; and I shall bring thee down to them that go down to the pit, to the people of old time, and shall cause thee to dwell in the depths of the earth, as in everlasting desolation, with them that go down to the pit, that thou mayest not be inhabited, nor stand upon the land of life;
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 →