New American Standard Bible 2020
Psalms 88:9
9My 1eye grows dim from misery; I have 2called upon You every day, Lord; I have 3spread out my 4hands to You.
Psalms 88:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
- New International Version (NIV)my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, Lord, every day; I spread out my hands to you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)my eye grows dim through sorrow. Every day I call upon you, O Lord; I spread out my hands to you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)My eye wastes away because of affliction. Lord, I have called daily upon You; I have stretched out my hands to You.
Context of Psalms 88:9
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. My eye grows dim from misery; I have called upon You every day, Lord; I have spread out my hands to You. 10Will You perform wonders for the dead? Or will the departed spirits rise and praise You? Selah 11Will Your graciousness be declared in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon?
Read all of Psalms 88Psalms 88:9 word by word
עֵינִ֥י דָאֲבָ֗ה מִנִּ֫י עֹ֥נִי קְרָאתִ֣יךָ יְהוָ֣ה בְּכָל־י֑וֹם שִׁטַּ֖חְתִּי אֵלֶ֣יךָ כַפָּֽי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 88:9
- Psalms 38:10My heart throbs, my strength fails me; And the light of my eyes, even that has gone from me.
- Psalms 42:3My tears have been my food day and night, While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
- Psalms 102:9For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mixed my drink with weeping
- Job 16:20My friends are my scoffers; My eye weeps to God,
- Job 17:7My eye has also become inexpressive because of grief, And all my body parts are like a shadow.
- Lamentations 3:48My eyes run down with streams of water Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
- John 11:35Jesus wept.
- Psalms 88:1Lord, the God of my salvation, I have cried out by day and in the night before You.
- Psalms 55:17Evening and morning and at noon, I will complain and moan, And He will hear my voice.
- Psalms 86:3Be gracious to me, Lord, For I call upon You all day long.
- Psalms 44:20If we had forgotten the name of our God Or extended our hands to a strange god,
- Psalms 68:31Messengers will come from Egypt; Cush will quickly stretch out her hands to God.
- Psalms 143:6I spread out my hands to You; My soul longs for You, like a weary land. Selah
- Ezekiel 17:11Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
- Job 11:13“If you would direct your heart rightly And spread out your hands to Him,
Commentaries on Psalms 88:9
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction - I weep; my eye pours out tears. Literally, My eye pines away, or decays. Compare Job 16:20, note; Isaiah 38:3, note; Psalm 6:6, note. Lord, I have called daily upon thee - That is, I have prayed earnestly and long, but I have received no answer. I have stretched out my hands unto thee - I have spread out my hands in the attitude of prayer. The idea is that of earnest supplication.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-12In his second charge, the psalmist claims that God has isolated him and caused his loneliness (compare Psalms 31:11; 38:11). In that culture, loneliness was a curse because relationships mattered more than personal success.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. Mine eye mourneth--literally, "decays," or fails, denoting exhaustion (Psa 6:7; 31:9). I ... called--(Psa 86:5, 7). stretched out--for help (Psa 44:20).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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