Psalms 88:6

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 counted among those who go down to the pit; I have become like a man without strength, 5Abandoned among the dead, Like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom You no longer remember, And they are cut off from Your hand. You have put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the depths. 7Your wrath has rested upon me, And You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah 8You have removed my acquaintances far from me; You have made me an object of loathing to them; I am shut up and cannot go out.

Psalms 88:6 word by word

שַׁ֭תַּנִי בְּב֣וֹר תַּחְתִּיּ֑וֹת בְּ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים בִּמְצֹלֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

• You have putשִׁיתshîyth · to set: putH7896
• the lowestתַּחְתִּיtachtîy · lowerH8482
• pitבּוֹרbôr · pitH953
• darkמַחְשָׁךְmachshâk · darknessH4285
• depthsמְצוֹלָהmetsôlâh metsôlâh metsûlâh metsûlâh · depthH4688

Cross-references for Psalms 88:6

• Psalms 40:2He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the mud; And He set my feet on a rock, making my footsteps firm.
• Psalms 86:13For Your graciousness toward me is great, And You have saved my soul from the depths of Sheol.
• Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire has flared in My anger, And it burns to the lowest part of Sheol, And devours the earth with its yield, And sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.
• Psalms 143:3For the enemy has persecuted my soul; He has crushed my life to the ground; He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead.
• Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is like darkness; They do not know over what they stumble.
• Lamentations 3:2He has driven me and made me walk In darkness and not in light.
• John 12:46I have come as Light into the world, so that no one who believes in Me will remain in darkness.
• Jude 1:6And angels who did not keep their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling place, these He has kept in eternal restraints under darkness for the judgment of the great day,
• Psalms 69:15May the flood of water not overflow me Nor the deep swallow me up, Nor the pit close its mouth on me.
• Psalms 130:1Out of the depths I have cried to You, 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

Topics related to Psalms 88:6

• 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