Berean Standard Bible
Psalms 88:4
4I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.
Psalms 88:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
- New International Version (NIV)I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like one without strength.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am a man who has no strength,
- New King James Version (NKJV)I am counted with those who go down to the pit; I am like a man who has no strength,
Context of Psalms 88:4
2May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry. 3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. I 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. 6You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.
Read all of Psalms 88Psalms 88:4 word by word
נֶ֭חְשַׁבְתִּי עִם־י֣וֹרְדֵי ב֑וֹר הָ֝יִ֗יתִי כְּגֶ֣בֶר אֵֽין־אֱיָֽל׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 88:4
- Psalms 28:1To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.
- Psalms 30:9“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?
- Psalms 143:7Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
- Job 17:1“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.
- Isaiah 38:17Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
- Ezekiel 26:20then I will bring you down with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the earth below like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or set in splendor in the land of the living.
- Jonah 2:6To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!
- 2 Corinthians 1:9Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.
- Psalms 31:12I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.
- Psalms 109:22For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.
- Romans 5:6For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
- 2 Corinthians 13:4For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God’s power. For we are also weak in Him, yet by God’s power we will live with Him concerning you.
Commentaries on Psalms 88:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4I am counted with them, etc. - I am as good as dead; nearly destitute of life and hope.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4I am counted with them that go down into the pit - I am so near to death that I may be reckoned already as among the dead. It is so manifest to others that I must die - that my disease is mortal - that they already speak of me as dead. The word “pit” here means the grave - the same as Sheol in the previous verse. It means properly (1) a pit, (2) a cistern, Genesis 37:20, (3) a prison or dungeon, Isaiah 24:22, (4) the grave, Psalm 28:1; Psalm 30:4; Isaiah…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. 44. go ... pit--of destruction (Psa 28:1). as a man--literally, "a stout man," whose strength is utterly gone.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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