Psalms 88:4

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:
• 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,
• New Living Translation (NLT)I am as good as dead, like a strong man with no strength left.

Context of Psalms 88:4

2May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry. 3I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life draws near to death. I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like one without strength. 5I am set apart with the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, who are cut off from your care. 6You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.

Psalms 88:4 word by word

נֶ֭חְשַׁבְתִּי עִם־י֣וֹרְדֵי ב֑וֹר הָ֝יִ֗יתִי כְּגֶ֣בֶר אֵֽין־אֱיָֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I am countedחָשַׁבchâshab · to devise: countH2803
• with them that go downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• into the pitבּוֹרbôr · pitH953
• I am as a manגָּבֶרgeber · great manH1397
• no strengthאֱיָל'ĕyâl · strengthH353

Cross-references for Psalms 88:4

• Psalms 28:1To you, Lord, I call; you are my Rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit.
• Psalms 30:9“What is gained if I am silenced, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it proclaim your faithfulness?
• Psalms 143:7Answer me quickly, Lord; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me or I will be like those who go down to the pit.
• Job 17:1My spirit is broken, my days are cut short, the grave awaits me.
• Isaiah 38:17Surely it was for my benefit that I suffered such anguish. In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction; you have put all my sins behind your back.
• Ezekiel 26:20then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of long ago. I will make you dwell in the earth below, as in ancient ruins, with those who go down to the pit, and you will not return or take your place in the land of the living.
• Jonah 2:6To the roots of the mountains I sank down; the earth beneath barred me in forever. But you, Lord my God, brought my life up from the pit.
• 2 Corinthians 1:9Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.
• Psalms 31:12I am forgotten as though I were dead; I have become like broken pottery.
• Psalms 109:22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
• Romans 5:6You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
• 2 Corinthians 13:4For to be sure, he was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by God’s power. Likewise, we are weak in him, yet by God’s power we will live with him in our dealing with 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