Psalms 88:9
Mine eye, hath dimmed through affliction; I have called upon thee, O Yahweh, all day long, I have spread out, unto thee, my hands.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
10For the dead, wilt thou perform a wonder? Or shall, the shades, arising, give thee thanks? [Selah.]
Cross References
Job 11:13If, thou, hast prepared thy heart, and wilt spread forth, unto him, thy hands—
Job 17:7Therefore hath mine eye become dim from vexation, and, my members, are like a shadow, all of them.
Psalms 38:10My heart, fluttereth, my strength hath forsaken me, and, as for the light of mine eyes, even they, are not with me:
Psalms 42:3My tears have been my food day and night, While it hath been said unto me all the day, Where is thy God?
Psalms 55:17At evening and morning and high noon, have I been wont to lament and complain, And he hath heard my voice!
Psalms 86:3Show me favour, O My Lord, For, unto thee, do I cry, all the day;
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 →