Psalms 88:15

All the time since I was young, I have suffered and have often almost died; I am ◄in despair/very discouraged► because of enduring the terrible things that you have done to me.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

In Context

14Yahweh, why do you reject me [RHQ]? Why do you turn away from me [RHQ]?

16I feel that you have crushed me because of your being angry with me; the terrible things that you are doing to me are almost destroying me.

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Cross References

Job 7:11So, I will not be silent; while I am suffering I will speak; I will complain to God about what has happened to me because I [SYN] am very angry.

Job 17:11My ◄life/time to live► is almost ended; I have not been able to do the things that I confidently expected to do; I have not been able to accomplish anything that I [SYN] desired.

Psalms 22:14I am completely exhausted [MET], and all my bones are out of their joints/places. I no longer expect that God will save me; that expectation is gone completely, like wax that has melted away.

Psalms 44:25We are pushed down to the ground and we cannot get up.

Isaiah 53:3People will despise and reject him. {He will be despised and rejected.} He will endure much pain, and he will suffer much. Because his face will be very disfigured, people will not want to look at him; people will despise him and think that he is not worth paying any attention to.

Zechariah 13:7The Commander of the armies of angels says, “ My sword [APO] must strike the one who is like [MET] my shepherd, the man who is ◄my companion/very <close/dear> to me►. When the shepherd is killed, those who are like [MET] his sheep will scatter. And those who are like [MET] my little sheep will also be attacked [IDM].”

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 →

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