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Psalms 88:6
6You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
Psalms 88:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)You have thrown me into the lowest pit, into the darkest depths.
Context of Psalms 88:6
4I 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. You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths. 7Your wrath lies heavily on me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves. 8You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape;
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שַׁ֭תַּנִי בְּב֣וֹר תַּחְתִּיּ֑וֹת בְּ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים בִּמְצֹלֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 88:6
- Psalms 40:2He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.
- Psalms 86:13For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths, from the realm of the dead.
- Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire will be kindled by my wrath, one that burns down to the realm of the dead below. It will devour the earth and its harvests and set afire the foundations of the mountains.
- Psalms 143:3The enemy pursues me, he crushes me to the ground; he makes me dwell in the darkness like those long dead.
- Proverbs 4:19But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.
- Lamentations 3:2He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness rather than light;
- John 12:46I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.
- Jude 1:6And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.
- Psalms 69:15Do not let the floodwaters engulf me or the depths swallow me up or the pit close its mouth over me.
- Psalms 130:1Out of the depths I cry 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
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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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