Psalms 88:11

Psalms 88:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?
• New International Version (NIV)Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Shall Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or Your faithfulness in the place of destruction?

Context of Psalms 88:11

9Mine eye consumeth by reason of affliction. Upon thee, Jehovah, have I called every day; I have stretched out my hands unto thee. 10Wilt thou do wonders to the dead? shall the shades arise and praise thee? Selah. Shall thy loving-kindness be declared in the grave? thy faithfulness in Destruction? 12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? 13But as for me, Jehovah, I cry unto thee, and in the morning my prayer cometh before thee.

Psalms 88:11 word by word

הַיְסֻפַּ֣ר בַּקֶּ֣בֶר חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ אֱ֝מֽוּנָתְךָ֗ בָּאֲבַדּֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 88:11

• Psalms 55:23And thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But as for me, I will confide in thee.
• Psalms 73:18Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.
• Job 21:30That the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity? They are led forth to the day of wrath.
• Job 26:6Sheol is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
• Proverbs 15:11Sheol and destruction are before Jehovah; how much more then the hearts of the children of men!
• Matthew 7:13Enter in through the narrow gate, for wide the gate and broad the way that leads to destruction, and many are they who enter in through it.
• Romans 9:22And if God, minded to shew his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering vessels of wrath fitted for destruction;
• 2 Peter 2:1But there were false prophets also among the people, as there shall be also among you false teachers, who shall bring in by the bye destructive heresies, and deny the master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction;

Commentaries on Psalms 88:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Or thy faithfulness in destruction? - Faithfulness in God refers as well to his fulfilling his threatenings as to his keeping his promises. The wicked are threatened with such punishments as their crimes have deserved; but annihilation is no punishment. God therefore does not intend to annihilate the wicked; their destruction cannot declare the faithfulness of God.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Shall thy loving-kindness be declared in the grave? - Thy goodness; thy mercy. Shall anyone make it known there? shall it there be celebrated? Or thy faithfulness in destruction? - In the place where destruction seems to reign; where human hopes perish; where the body moulders back to dust. Shall anyone there dwell on the fidelity - the truthfulness - of God, in such a way as to honor him? It is implied here that, according to the views then entertained…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-18Verses 10-18 Departed souls may declare God's faithfulness, justice, and lovingkindness; but deceased bodies can neither receive God's favours in comfort, nor return them in praise. The psalmist resolved to continue in prayer, and the more so, because deliverance did not come speedily. Though our prayers are not soon answered, yet we must not give over praying. The greater our troubles, the more earnest and serious we should be in prayer. Nothing grieves…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. 11-1211-12. amplify the foregoing, the whole purport (as Psa 6:5) being to contrast death and life as seasons for praising God.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 88:11

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Dead (People)
• Death
• Hades

In the dictionaries

• Acquaintance
• Heman
• Job, Book of
• Leannoth
• Music, Instrumental
• Psalms
• Ready
• Abaddon
• Apollyon
• Death

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