Psalms 88:4

People treat me like those who go down into the pit; 1 I am a man with no strength. 1

Unlocked Literal Bible

In The King James Version

I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

In Context

3For I am filled with troubles, 1 and my life has reached Sheol. 1

5I am abandoned among the dead; 1 I am like the dead who lie in the grave, 1 about whom you care no more 1 because they are cut off from your power. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 28:1To you, Yahweh, I cry out; my rock, do not ignore me. 1 If you do not respond to me, I will join those who go down to the grave. 1

Psalms 31:12I am forgotten as a dead man whom no one thinks about. 1 I am like a broken pot. 1

Psalms 143:7Answer me quickly, Yahweh, because my spirit faints. 1 Do not hide your face from me, 1 or I will become like those who go down into the pit. 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

Ezekiel 26:20then I will bring you down to the people of ancient times, like the others who have gone down into the pit; for I will make you live in the lowest realms of the earth as in ruins of ancient times. Because of this you will not come back and stand in the land of the living. + 26:20 The expression and stand in the land of the living is supplied by an ancient version. The Hebrew has I will place glory in the land of the living , which does not seem to fit the context here.

Romans 5:6For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

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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