Berean Standard Bible
Psalms 88:3
3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
Psalms 88:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
- New International Version (NIV)I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life draws near to death.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draws near to the grave.
Context of Psalms 88:3
1O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You. 2May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry. For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. 4I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength. 5I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care.
Read all of Psalms 88Psalms 88:3 word by word
כִּֽי־שָֽׂבְעָ֣ה בְרָע֣וֹת נַפְשִׁ֑י וְחַיַּ֗י לִשְׁא֥וֹל הִגִּֽיעוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 88:3
- Psalms 88:14Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
- Psalms 22:11Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
- Psalms 69:17Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!
- Psalms 77:2In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
- Psalms 143:3For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.
- Job 6:2“If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.
- Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
- Lamentations 3:15He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.
- Matthew 26:37He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.
- Mark 14:33He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed.
- Psalms 107:18They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.
- Job 33:22He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.
Commentaries on Psalms 88:3
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3For my soul is full of troubles - I am full of trouble. The word rendered as “full” means properly to satiate as with food; that is, when as much had been taken as could be. So he says here, that this trouble was as great as he could bear; he could sustain no more. He had reached the utmost point of endurance; he had no power to bear anymore. And my life draweth nigh unto the grave - Hebrew, to Sheol. Compare the notes at Isaiah 14:9; notes at Job…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-5The psalmist calls on the Lord for salvation.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. grave--literally, "hell" (Psa 16:10), death in wide sense.Read the comment
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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
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