God’s Word Translation
Psalms 88:6
6You have put me in the bottom of the pit—in deep, dark places.
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
4I am numbered with those who go into the pit. I am like a man without any strength— 5abandoned with the dead, like those who have been killed and lie in graves, like those whom you no longer remember, who are cut off from your power. You have put me in the bottom of the pit—in deep, dark places. 7Your rage lies heavily on me. You make all your waves pound on me. Selah 8You have taken my friends far away from me. You made me disgusting to them. I’m shut in, and I can’t get out.
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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 pulled me out of a horrible pit, out of the mud and clay. He set my feet on a rock and made my steps secure.
- Psalms 86:13because your mercy toward me is great. You have rescued me from the depths of hell.
- Deuteronomy 32:22My anger has started a fire that will burn to the depths of hell. It will consume the earth and its crops and set the foundations of the mountains on fire.
- Psalms 143:3The enemy has pursued me. He has ground my life into the dirt. He has made me live in dark places like those who have died long ago.
- Proverbs 4:19The way of wicked people is like deep darkness. They do not know what makes them stumble.
- Lamentations 3:2God has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.
- John 12:46I am the light that has come into the world so that everyone who believes in me will not live in the dark.
- Jude 1:6He held angels for judgment on the great day. They were held in darkness, bound by eternal chains. These are the angels who didn’t keep their position of authority but abandoned their assigned place.
- Psalms 69:15Do not let floodwaters sweep me away. Do not let the ocean swallow me up, or the pit close its mouth over me.
- Psalms 130:1O Lord, out of the depths I call to you.
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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