Psalms 88:3
For my soul, is sated with misfortunes, And, my life—unto Hades, hath drawn near;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
In Context
2Let my prayer, come into thy presence, Bow down thine ear to my loud cry.
4I am counted with them who descend into the pit, I have become as a man that is without help;
Cross References
Job 6:2Oh that, weighed, were my vexation, and, my engulfing ruin—into the balances, they would lift up all at once!
Psalms 17:1Hear, O Yahweh, the right, Attend to my loud cry, Give ear unto my prayer, on lips that would not deceive:
Psalms 69:17Then do not hide thy face from thy servant, Because I am in distress, haste thou—answer me!
Psalms 88:14Wherefore, O Yahweh, shouldst thou reject my soul? shouldst thou hide thy face from me?
Psalms 107:26They mount the heavens, they descend the roaring deeps, their soul, by trouble, dissolveth;
Isaiah 53:3Despised was he, and forsaken of men, Man of pains and familiar with sickness,—Yea, like one from whom the face is hidden, Despised, and we esteemed him not.
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 →