Psalms 88:5

I will establish thy seed forever, 1 And build up thy throne to all generations. Pause. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4I made a covenant with my chosen ones, 1 I swore unto David my servant. 1

6The heavens shall declare thy wonders, O Lord; 1 And thy truth in the assembly of the saints. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 19:29And it came to pass that when God destroyed all the cities of the region round about, God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when the Lord overthrew those cities in which Lot dwelt.

Job 11:10And if he should overthrow all things, who will say to him, What hast thou done? 1

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

Isaiah 38:10I said in the end of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I shall part with the remainder of my years.

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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