Psalms 88:3
For my soul is full of misery, And my life draweth near to the underworld.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
In Context
2Let my supplication come before thee; Incline thine ear to my cry!
4I am counted with those who are going down to the pit; I am like one who hath no strength.
Cross References
Job 6:2O that my grief were weighed thoroughly! That my calamities were put together in the balance!
Psalms 17:1“A psalm of David.” Hear the righteous cause, O LORD! Attend to my cry; Give ear to my prayer from lips without deceit!
Psalms 69:17Hide not thy face from thy servant; I am greatly distressed, O make haste to mine aid!
Psalms 88:14Why, O LORD! dost thou cast me off? Why hidest thou thy face from me?
Psalms 107:26They mount up to the heavens, They sink down to the depths, Their soul melteth with distress;
Isaiah 53:3He was despised, and forsaken of men, A man of sorrows, and acquainted with disease; As one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed him not.
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 →