Psalms 88:16
Over me, have passed thy bursts of burning anger, The alarms of thee have put an end to me;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
In Context
15Afflicted have I been, and dying, from youth, I have borne the terror of thee—I shall be distracted!
17They have surrounded me like waters, all the day, They have come circling against me together:
Cross References
Job 30:15There are turned upon me terrors,—Chased away as with a wind, is mine abundance, and, as a cloud, hath passed away my prosperity.
Psalms 89:46How long, O Yahweh, Wilt thou hide thyself utterly? Shall thine indignation, burn like fire?
Psalms 90:11Who knoweth the strength of thine anger? Even, according to the fear of thee, is thy wrath!
Psalms 119:120My flesh, bristled up from dread of thee, and, of thy regulations, stand I in fear.
Isaiah 53:8By constraint and by sentence, was he taken away, And of his age, who considered That he was cut off out of the land of the living, For my people’s transgression, did the stroke fall on him?
Romans 8:32He, at least, who his own Son did not spare, but in behalf of us all delivered him up, how shall he not also, with him, all things upon us in favour bestow?
Matthew Henry on Psalms 88:11-18
Pleading with God. 10 Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. 11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? 12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? 13 But unto thee have I cried, O Lord ; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. 14 Lord , why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me? 15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer… Read the whole commentary →