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Psalms 88:4
4I am counted among those going down 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 reach your presence; listen to my cry. 3For I have had enough troubles, and my life is near Sheol. I am counted among those going down to the Pit. I am like a man without strength, 5abandoned among the dead. I am like the slain lying in the grave, whom you no longer remember, and who are cut off from your care. 6You have put me in the lowest part of the Pit, in the darkest places, in the depths.
Read all of Psalms 88Psalms 88:4 word by word
נֶ֭חְשַׁבְתִּי עִם־י֣וֹרְדֵי ב֑וֹר הָ֝יִ֗יתִי כְּגֶ֣בֶר אֵֽין־אֱיָֽל׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 88:4
- Psalms 28:1Lord, I call to you; my rock, do not be deaf to me. If you remain silent to me, I will be like those going down to the Pit.
- Psalms 30:9“What gain is there in my death, if I go down to the Pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it proclaim your truth?
- Psalms 143:7Answer me quickly, Lord; my spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, or I will be like those going down to the Pit.
- Job 17:1My spirit is broken. My days are extinguished. A graveyard awaits me.
- Isaiah 38:17Indeed, it was for my own well-being that I had such intense bitterness; but your love has delivered me from the Pit of destruction, for you have thrown all my sins behind your back.
- Ezekiel 26:20then I will bring you down to be with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the underworld like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or display your splendor in the land of the living.
- Jonah 2:6I sank to the foundations of the mountains, the earth’s gates shut behind me forever! Then you raised my life from the Pit, Lord my God!
- 2 Corinthians 1:9Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.
- Psalms 31:12I am forgotten: gone from memory like a dead person — like broken pottery.
- Psalms 109:22For I am suffering and needy; my heart is wounded within me.
- Romans 5:6For while we were still helpless, at the right time, Christ died for the ungodly.
- 2 Corinthians 13:4For he was crucified in weakness, but he lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but in dealing with you we will live with him by God’s power.
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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