Psalms 88:16
Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
In Context
15From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
17All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.
Cross References
Job 30:15Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.
Psalms 89:46How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
Psalms 90:11Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.
Psalms 119:120My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
Isaiah 53:8By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.
Romans 8:32He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
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 →