New English Translation
Psalms 88:4
4They treat me like those who descend into the grave. I am like a helpless man,
Psalms 88:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
- New International Version (NIV)I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like one without strength.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am a man who has no strength,
- New King James Version (NKJV)I am counted with those who go down to the pit; I am like a man who has no strength,
Context of Psalms 88:4
2Listen to my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help! 3For my life is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol. They treat me like those who descend into the grave. I am like a helpless man, 5adrift among the dead, like corpses lying in the grave, whom you remember no more, and who are cut off from your power. 6You place me in the lowest regions of the pit, in the dark places, in the watery depths.
Read all of Psalms 88Psalms 88:4 word by word
נֶ֭חְשַׁבְתִּי עִם־י֣וֹרְדֵי ב֑וֹר הָ֝יִ֗יתִי כְּגֶ֣בֶר אֵֽין־אֱיָֽל׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 88:4
- Psalms 28:1To you, O Lord, I cry out! My protector, do not ignore me! If you do not respond to me, I will join those who are descending into the grave.
- Psalms 30:9“What profit is there in taking my life, in my descending into the Pit? Can the dust of the grave praise you? Can it declare your loyalty?
- Psalms 143:7Answer me quickly, Lord! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.
- Job 17:1My spirit is broken, my days have faded out, the grave awaits me.
- Isaiah 38:17“Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. You delivered me from the pit of oblivion. For you removed all my sins from your sight.
- Ezekiel 26:20then I will bring you down to bygone people, to be with those who descend to the pit. I will make you live in the lower parts of the earth, among the primeval ruins, with those who descend to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited or stand in the land of the living.
- Jonah 2:6I went down to the very bottoms of the mountains; the gates of the netherworld barred me in forever; but you brought me up from the Pit, O Lord, my God.
- 2 Corinthians 1:9Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.
- Psalms 31:12I am forgotten, like a dead man no one thinks about; I am regarded as worthless, like a broken jar.
- Psalms 109:22For I am oppressed and needy, and my heart beats violently within me.
- Romans 5:6For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
- 2 Corinthians 13:4For indeed he was crucified by reason of weakness, but he lives because of God’s power. For we also are weak in him, but we will live together with him, because of God’s power toward you.
Commentaries on Psalms 88:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4I am counted with them, etc. - I am as good as dead; nearly destitute of life and hope.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4I am counted with them that go down into the pit - I am so near to death that I may be reckoned already as among the dead. It is so manifest to others that I must die - that my disease is mortal - that they already speak of me as dead. The word “pit” here means the grave - the same as Sheol in the previous verse. It means properly (1) a pit, (2) a cistern, Genesis 37:20, (3) a prison or dungeon, Isaiah 24:22, (4) the grave, Psalm 28:1; Psalm 30:4; Isaiah…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-5The psalmist calls on the Lord for salvation.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. go ... pit--of destruction (Psa 28:1). as a man--literally, "a stout man," whose strength is utterly gone.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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