Psalms 88:15

Psalms 88:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
• New International Version (NIV)From my youth I have suffered and been close to death; I have borne your terrors and am in despair.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I have been afflicted and ready to die from my youth; I suffer Your terrors; I am distraught.

Context of Psalms 88:15

13But as for me, Jehovah, I cry unto thee, and in the morning my prayer cometh before thee. 14Why, O Jehovah, castest thou off my soul? [why] hidest thou thy face from me? I am afflicted and expiring from my youth up; I suffer thy terrors, [and] I am distracted. 16Thy fierce anger hath gone over me; thy terrors have brought me to nought: 17They have surrounded me all the day like water; they have compassed me about together.

Psalms 88:15 word by word

עָ֘נִ֤י אֲנִ֣י וְגֹוֵ֣עַ מִנֹּ֑עַר נָשָׂ֖אתִי אֵמֶ֣יךָ אָפֽוּנָה׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 88:15

• Psalms 73:14For all the day have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
• Job 17:1My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are mine.
• Isaiah 53:3He is despised and left alone of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief, and like one from whom [men] hide their faces; — despised, and we esteemed him not.
• Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is become like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
• Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their poison drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
• Job 7:11Therefore I will not restrain my mouth: I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
• Isaiah 53:10Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath subjected [him] to suffering. When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see a seed, he shall prolong [his] days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.
• Zechariah 13:7Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, even against the man [that is] my fellow, saith Jehovah of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered, and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.
• Luke 22:44And being in conflict he prayed more intently. And his sweat became as great drops of blood, falling down upon the earth.

Commentaries on Psalms 88:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15From my youth up - I have always been a child of sorrow, afflicted in my body, and distressed in my mind. There are still found in the Church of God persons in similar circumstances; persons who are continually mourning for themselves and for the desolations of Zion. A disposition of this kind is sure to produce an unhealthy body; and indeed a weak constitution may often produce an enfeebled mind; but where the terrors of the Lord prevail, there is…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15I am afflicted and ready to die - I am so afflicted - so crushed with sorrow and trouble - that my strength is nearly gone, and I can endure it but a little longer. From my youth up - That is, for a long time; so long, that the remembrance of it seems to go back to my very childhood. My whole life has been a life of trouble and sorrow, and I have not strength to bear it longer. It may have been literally true that the author of the psalm had been a man…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. 13-17In his third charge, the psalmist accuses the Lord of rejecting him. The force and apparent cruelty of the psalmist’s suffering overwhelm him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. from ... youth up--all my life.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