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

7Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. [Selah 8Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction: I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah; I have spread forth my hands unto thee. 10Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are deceased arise and praise thee? [Selah 11Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in Destruction?

Psalms 88:9 word by word

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

• forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318

Cross-references for Psalms 88:9

• Psalms 38:10My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
• Psalms 42:3My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
• Psalms 102:9For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping,
• Job 16:20My friends scoff at me: But mine eye poureth out tears unto God,
• Job 17:7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.
• Lamentations 3:48Mine eye runneth down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
• John 11:35Jesus wept.
• Psalms 88:1O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee.
• Psalms 55:17Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan; And he will hear my voice.
• Psalms 86:3Be merciful unto me, O Lord; For unto thee do I cry all the day long.
• Psalms 44:20If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
• Psalms 68:31Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall haste to stretch out her hands unto God.
• Psalms 143:6I spread forth my hands unto thee: My soulthirstethafter thee, as a weary land. [Selah
• Ezekiel 17:11Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
• Job 11:13If thou set thy heart aright, And stretch out thy hands toward 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