Psalms 88:3
For I am filled with troubles, 1 and my life has reached Sheol. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
In Context
2Listen to my prayer; 1 pay attention to my cry. 1
4People treat me like those who go down into the pit; 1 I am a man with no strength. 1
Cross References
Job 6:2“Oh, if only my anguish were weighed; 1 if only all my calamity were laid in the balance! 1
Psalms 17:1Listen to my plea for justice, Yahweh; pay attention to my call for help! 1 Give ear to my prayer from lips without deceit. 1
Psalms 69:17Do not hide your face from your servant, 1 for I am in distress; answer me quickly. 1
Psalms 88:14Yahweh, why do you reject me? 1 Why do you hide your face from me? 1
Psalms 107:26They reached up to the sky; they went down to the depths. 1 Their lives melted away in distress. 1
Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by people; a man of sorrows, and one familiar with pain. 1 Like one from whom men hide their faces, he was despised; and we considered him insignificant. 1
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 →