Psalms 88:16

Psalms 88:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
• New International Version (NIV)Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Your wrath has swept over me; your dreadful assaults destroy me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Your fierce wrath has gone over me; Your terrors have cut me off.

Context of Psalms 88:16

14Lord, why do You reject my soul? Why do You hide Your face from me? 15I was miserable and about to die from my youth on; I suffer Your terrors; I grow weary. Your burning anger has passed over me; Your terrors have destroyed me. 17They have surrounded me like water all day long; They have encircled me altogether. 18You have removed lover and friend far from me; My acquaintances are in a hiding place.

Psalms 88:16 word by word

עָ֭לַי עָבְר֣וּ חֲרוֹנֶ֑יךָ בִּ֝עוּתֶ֗יךָ צִמְּתוּתֻֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

• burningחָרוֹןchârôn chârôn · burning angerH2740
• has passedעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• overעַל‛al · uponH5921
• Your terrorsבִּעוּתִיםbi‛ûthîym · terrorH1161
• destroyedצָמַתtsâmath · to destroyH6789

Cross-references for Psalms 88:16

• Psalms 38:1Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, And do not punish me in Your burning anger.
• Psalms 89:46How long, Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath burn like fire?
• Psalms 90:7For we have been consumed by Your anger, And we have been terrified by Your wrath.
• Psalms 102:10Because of Your indignation and Your wrath; For You have lifted me up and thrown me away.
• Isaiah 53:4However, it was our sicknesses that He Himself bore, And our pains that He carried; Yet we ourselves assumed that He had been afflicted, Struck down by God, and humiliated.
• Romans 8:32He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?
• Galatians 3:13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us--for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”--
• Revelation 6:17for the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”
• Isaiah 53:8By oppression and judgment He was taken away; And as for His generation, who considered That He was cut off from the land of the living For the wrongdoing of my people, to whom the blow was due?
• Daniel 9:26Then after the sixty-two weeks, the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. And its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined.

Commentaries on Psalms 88:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Thy fierce wrath goeth over me - It is a mighty flood by which I am overwhelmed.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Thy fierce wrath goeth over me - Like waters. See Psalm 88:7. Thy terrors have cut me off - That is, I am as one already dead; I am so near to death that I may be spoken of as dead.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. 16-1716-17. the extremes of anguish and despair are depicted.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 88:16

• 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