Psalms 88:3
For I am sated with sorrow, my life draws near to Sheol.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
In Context
2let my prayer come into your presence, incline your ear to my cry.
4I am counted with those who go down to the pit; without strength am I.
Cross References
Psalms 17:1Listen, O Lord, to my innocence; attend to my piercing cry. Give heed to my prayer out of lips unfeigned.
Psalms 69:17Hide not your face from your servant, for I am in trouble; O answer me speedily.
Psalms 88:14Why, O Lord, do you spurn me, and hide your face from me?
Psalms 107:26Up to heaven they went, down to the depths; their courage failed them.
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 →