Psalms 88:6

Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

In Context

5Among the dead — free, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom Thou hast not remembered any more, Yea, they by Thy hand have been cut off.

7Upon me hath Thy fury lain, And [with] all Thy breakers Thou hast afflicted. Selah.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire hath been kindled in Mine anger, And it burneth unto Sheol — the lowest, And consumeth earth and its increase, And setteth on fire foundations of mountains.

Psalms 69:15Let not a flood of waters overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up, Nor let the pit shut her mouth upon me.

Psalms 130:1A Song of the Ascents. From depths I have called Thee, Jehovah.

Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked [is] as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble.

Lamentations 3:55I called Thy name, O Jehovah, from the lower pit.

John 12:46I a light to the world have come, that every one who is believing in me — in the darkness may not remain;

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 →

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