Psalms 88:9

Psalms 88:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
• New International Version (NIV)my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, Lord, every day; I spread out my hands to you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)my eye grows dim through sorrow. Every day I call upon you, O Lord; I spread out my hands to you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)My eye wastes away because of affliction. Lord, I have called daily upon You; I have stretched out my hands to You.

Context of Psalms 88:9

7Your wrath has rested heavily upon me, And You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah. 8You have put my friends far from me; You have made me an object of loathing to them. I am shut up and I cannot go out. My eye grows dim with sorrow. O Lord, I have called on You every day; I have spread out my hands to You [in prayer]. 10Will You perform wonders for the dead? Shall the departed spirits arise and praise You? Selah. 11Will Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave Or Your faithfulness in Abaddon (the underworld)?

Psalms 88:9 word by word

עֵינִ֥י דָאֲבָ֗ה מִנִּ֫י עֹ֥נִי קְרָאתִ֣יךָ יְהוָ֣ה בְּכָל־י֑וֹם שִׁטַּ֖חְתִּי אֵלֶ֣יךָ כַפָּֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Mine eyeעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• mournethדָּאֵבdâ'ab · to languishH1669
• by reason of afflictionעֳנִי‛ŏnîy · afflictionH6040
• Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• I have calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• dailyיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• upon thee, I have stretched outשָׁטַחshâţach · to spreadH7849
• my handsכַּףkaph · palmH3709

Cross-references for Psalms 88:9

• Psalms 38:10My heart throbs violently, my strength fails me; And as for the light of my eyes, even that has also gone from me.
• Psalms 42:3My tears have been my food day and night, While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
• Psalms 102:9For I have eaten ashes like bread, And have mingled my drink with tears
• Job 16:20My friends are scoffers [who ridicule]; My eye pours out tears to God.
• Job 17:7My eye has grown dim (unexpressive) because of grief, And all my [body’s] members are [wasted away] like a shadow.
• Lamentations 3:48My eyes overflow with streams of tears Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people (Jerusalem).
• John 11:35Jesus wept.
• Psalms 88:1O Lord, the God of my salvation, I have cried out [for help] by day and in the night before You.
• Psalms 55:17Evening and morning and at noon I will complain and murmur, And He will hear my voice.
• Psalms 86:3Be gracious and merciful to me, O Lord, For to You I cry out all the day long.
• Psalms 44:20If we had forgotten the name of our God Or stretched out our hands to a strange god,
• Psalms 68:31Princes and envoys shall come from Egypt; Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands [with the offerings of submission] to God.
• Psalms 143:6I reach out my hands to You; My throat thirsts for You, as a parched land [thirsts for water]. Selah.
• Ezekiel 17:11Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
• Job 11:13“If you direct your heart [on the right path] And stretch out your hands to Him,

Commentaries on Psalms 88:9

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction - I weep; my eye pours out tears. Literally, My eye pines away, or decays. Compare Job 16:20, note; Isaiah 38:3, note; Psalm 6:6, note. Lord, I have called daily upon thee - That is, I have prayed earnestly and long, but I have received no answer. I have stretched out my hands unto thee - I have spread out my hands in the attitude of prayer. The idea is that of earnest supplication.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-12In his second charge, the psalmist claims that God has isolated him and caused his loneliness (compare Psalms 31:11; 38:11). In that culture, loneliness was a curse because relationships mattered more than personal success.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. Mine eye mourneth--literally, "decays," or fails, denoting exhaustion (Psa 6:7; 31:9). I ... called--(Psa 86:5, 7). stretched out--for help (Psa 44:20).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 88:9

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Death
• Prayer

In the dictionaries

• Acquaintance
• Heman
• Job, Book of
• Leannoth
• Music, Instrumental
• Prayer
• Psalms
• Ready
• Eye
• Ezrahite

Commentaries on Psalms 88

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings