Psalms 88:4
I am counted with them who descend into the pit, I have become as a man that is without help;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
In Context
3For my soul, is sated with misfortunes, And, my life—unto Hades, hath drawn near;
Cross References
Psalms 28:1Unto thee, O Yahweh, do I cry, O my Rock! do not turn in silence from me,—lest, if thou turn from me in silence, I be like them who go down into the pit.
Psalms 31:12I have been forgotten, like one dead—out of mind, I have been as a missing vessel.
Psalms 143:7Speedily answer me, O Yahweh, My spirit faileth,—Do not hide thy face from me, or I shall be made like unto them who go down into the pit.
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.
Ezekiel 26:20Then will I bring thee down with them that go down into the pit. Unto the people of age-past times And cause thee to dwell in the earth below Among the desolations from age-past times With them that go down into the pit That thou mayest not be dwelt in, Nor yet present thyself in the land of the living.
Romans 5:6Seeing that, Christ, we being weak as yet, seasonably, in behalf of such as were ungodly, died.
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 →