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Psalms 88:6
6You have put me in the deep hole of death, far down in a very dark place.
Psalms 88:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
- New International Version (NIV)You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You have put me in the depths of the pit, in the regions dark and deep.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You have laid me in the lowest pit, In darkness, in the depths.
Context of Psalms 88:6
4People see me as if I am already in my grave. I feel completely helpless. 5I am the same as people who have died. Their bodies already lie in their graves. You do not remember them any more You cannot use your power to help them. You have put me in the deep hole of death, far down in a very dark place. 7Your anger is very heavy on me. It is like the waves of the sea that knock me down. 8You have caused my best friends to keep away from me. They do not even want to look at me. A trap has caught me and I cannot escape.
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שַׁ֭תַּנִי בְּב֣וֹר תַּחְתִּיּ֑וֹת בְּ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים בִּמְצֹלֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 88:6
- Psalms 40:2He lifted me out of the deep hole of danger. He picked me up out of the mud. He put my feet on a rock. Then I could walk and not slip.
- Psalms 86:13I know that you love me very much with your faithful love. You will continue to keep my life safe, so that I do not go down into the deep hole of death.
- Deuteronomy 32:22I will become so angry that I punish them very much. I will destroy them like a hot fire. It will be like a fire that reaches deep down into the place of dead people. It will destroy the ground and everything that grows on it. It will burn deep down to the foundations of the mountains.
- Psalms 143:3My enemies are chasing me. They knock me down to the ground. They make me live in dark places, like people who have been dead for a long time.
- Proverbs 4:19But the life of wicked people is like a very dark road. They cannot even see what causes them to fall.
- Lamentations 3:2He has led me into the dark. There is no light, so I cannot see the right way.
- John 12:46I have come into the world to be a light for people. Everyone who believes in me will not remain in the dark. That is why I came.
- Jude 1:6Also remember that some angels refused to obey God. They took more authority for themselves than God had given them. They left their own proper place with God in heaven. So God has tied them up as prisoners for ever in a completely dark place. He will keep them there until that great day when he will judge everyone.
- Psalms 69:15Do not let the floods pour over me. Do not let the deep sea cause me to drown. Do not let me fall into the deep hole of death.
- Psalms 130:1Lord, I am crying aloud to you because I have great trouble.
Commentaries on Psalms 88:6
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit - That is, I am as if I were thus laid; the deep grave seems now to lie so certainly before me, that it may be spoken of as if it were already my abode. The words rendered “lowest pit” mean literally the pit under, or beneath. The reference is to the sepulchre, as in Psalm 88:4. In darkness - The dark grave; the realms of the dead. See the notes at Job 10:21-22. In the deeps - The caverns; the deep places of the earth…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. 66. Similar figures for distress in Psa 63:9; 69:3.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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