Psalms 88:7

Psalms 88:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
• New International Version (NIV)Your wrath lies heavily on me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah
• New King James Version (NKJV)Your wrath lies heavy upon me, And You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah

Context of Psalms 88:7

5Prostrate among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave; whom thou rememberest no more, and who are cut off from thy hand. 6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the deeps. Thy fury lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted [me] with all thy waves. Selah. 8Thou hast put my familiar friends far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. 9Mine eye consumeth by reason of affliction. Upon thee, Jehovah, have I called every day; I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

Psalms 88:7 word by word

עָ֭לַי סָמְכָ֣ה חֲמָתֶ֑ךָ וְכָל־מִ֝שְׁבָּרֶ֗יךָ עִנִּ֥יתָ סֶּֽלָה׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 88:7

• Psalms 38:1Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
• Psalms 90:7For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy fury are we troubled.
• Psalms 102:10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath; for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
• 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 10:16And it increaseth: thou huntest me as a fierce lion; and ever again thou shewest thy marvellous power upon me.
• John 3:36He that believes on the Son has life eternal, and he that is not subject to the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides upon him.
• Romans 2:5but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasurest up to thyself wrath, in [the] day of wrath and revelation of [the] righteous judgment of God,
• 1 Peter 2:24who himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, in order that, being dead to sins, we may live to righteousness: by whose stripes ye have been healed.
• Revelation 6:16and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and have us hidden from [the] face of him that sits upon the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb;
• Psalms 42:7Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy cataracts; all thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me.
• Jonah 2:3For thou didst cast me into the depth, into the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me: All thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me.

Commentaries on Psalms 88:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves - The figures in this verse seem to be taken from a tempest at sea. The storm is fierce, and the waves cover the ship.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Thy wrath lieth hard upon me - Presses me down; burdens me. The meaning is, that that which was the proper and usual expression of wrath or displeasure - to wit, bodily and mental suffering - pressed hard on him. and crushed him to the earth. These bodily sufferings he interpreted, in the sad and gloomy state of mind in which he was, as evidences of the divine displeasure against himself. And thou hast afflicted me - Thou hast oppressed me, or broken me…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7In his first complaint, the psalmist blames the Lord for his suffering. God’s overwhelming anger does not make sense to him. The phrase the darkest of the depths might refer to: the place of the dead (Psalm 143:3; see Lamentations 3:6), or the deep sea (Psalms 68:22; 69:1–2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Compare Psa 38:2, on first, and Psa 42:7, on last clause.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 88:7

• Afflictions and Adversities

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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