Psalms 88:6

You place me in the lowest part of the pit, 1 in the dark and deep places. 1

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In The King James Version

Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

In Context

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

7Your wrath lies heavy on me, 1 and all your waves crash over me. Selah 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire is kindled by my anger 1 and is burning to the lowest Sheol; 1 it is devouring the earth and its harvest; 1 it is setting on fire the foundations of the mountains. 1

Psalms 69:15Do not let the floods of water overwhelm me, 1 neither let the deep swallow me up. 1 Do not let the pit shut its mouth on me. 1

Psalms 130:1Out of the depths I cry to you, Yahweh. 1

Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is like darkness— 1 they do not know what it is they stumble over. 1

Lamentations 3:55I called on your name, Yahweh, from the depths of the pit. 1

John 12:46I have come as a light into the world, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.

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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