Psalms 88:9
Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
King James Version
In Context
10Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
Cross References
Job 11:13If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
Job 17:7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
Psalms 38:10My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
Psalms 42:3My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
Psalms 55:17Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
Psalms 86:3Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.
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 →