English Standard Version
Psalms 88:6
6You have put me in the depths of the pit, in the regions dark and deep.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You have laid me in the lowest pit, In darkness, in the depths.
- New Living Translation (NLT)You have thrown me into the lowest pit, into the darkest depths.
Context of Psalms 88:6
4I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am a man who has no strength, 5like one set loose among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, like those whom you remember no more, for they are cut off from your hand. You have put me in the depths of the pit, in the regions dark and deep. 7Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah 8You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape;
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שַׁ֭תַּנִי בְּב֣וֹר תַּחְתִּיּ֑וֹת בְּ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים בִּמְצֹלֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 88:6
- Psalms 40:2He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
- Psalms 86:13For great is your steadfast love toward me; you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
- Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire is kindled by my anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol, devours the earth and its increase, and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.
- Psalms 143:3For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.
- Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.
- Lamentations 3:2he has driven and brought me into darkness without any light;
- John 12:46I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.
- Jude 1:6And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day—
- Psalms 69:15Let not the flood sweep over me, or the deep swallow me up, or the pit close its mouth over me.
- Psalms 130:1Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord!
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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