Psalms 88:9

Mine eyes languish by reason of my affliction. I call upon thee daily, O LORD! To thee do I stretch out my hands!

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

In Context

8Thou hast put mine acquaintances far from me, Yea, thou hast made me their abhorrence: I am shut up, and cannot go forth.

10Canst thou show wonders to the dead? Shall the dead arise, and praise thee? [[Pause.]]

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Cross References

Job 11:13If thou direct thy heart, And stretch out thy hands, toward him;

Job 17:7My eye therefore is dim with sorrow, And all my limbs are as a shadow.

Psalms 38:10My heart panteth; my strength faileth me; The very light of my eyes is gone from me.

Psalms 42:3My tears have been my food day and night, While they say to me continually, “Where is thy God?”

Psalms 55:17At evening, at morn, and at noon I mourn and sigh, And he will hear my voice.

Psalms 86:3Have pity upon me, O Lord! For to thee do I cry daily!

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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