Psalms 88:9

My eyes grow weary from trouble; 1 All day long I call out to you, Yahweh; 1 I spread out my hands to you. 1

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In The King James Version

Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

In Context

8Because of you, my acquaintances avoid me. 1 You have made me a shocking sight to them. 1 I am hemmed in and I cannot escape. 1

10Will you do wonders for the dead? 1 Will those who have died rise and praise you? Selah 1

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Cross References

Job 11:13But suppose that you had set your heart right 1 and had reached out with your hands toward God; 1

Job 17:7My eye is also dim because of sorrow; 1 all my body parts are as thin as shadows. 1

Psalms 38:10My heart pounds, my strength fades, 1 and my eyesight dims. 1

Psalms 42:3My tears have been my food day and night, 1 while my enemies are always saying to me, “Where is your God?” 1

Psalms 55:17In the evening, morning and at noonday I complain and moan; 1 he will hear my voice. 1

Psalms 86:3Be merciful to me, Lord, 1 for I cry out to you all day long. 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 →

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