Psalms 88:5
Among the dead, is my couch,—Like the slain that lie in the grave, Where thou rememberest them no more, Yea, they, from thy hand, are cut off;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
4I am counted with them who descend into the pit, I have become as a man that is without help;
6Thou hast laid me, In the lowest pit, In dark places, In the deeps:
Cross References
Genesis 19:29And it came to pass when God destroyed the cities of the circuit, that God remembered Abraham, and sent forth Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities wherein Lot had dwelt.
Job 11:10If he sweep on, or shut up, or call together, Who then shall hinder him?
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 31:22But, I, had said in mine alarm, I am cut off from before thine eyes,—But, indeed, thou didst hear the voice of my supplication, when I cried for help unto thee.
Psalms 136:23Who in our low estate, remembered us, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.
Isaiah 38:10I, said—In the noontide of my days, I must enter the gates of hades,—I am deprived of the residue of my years!
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 →