Psalms 88:5

Psalms 88:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
• New International Version (NIV)I 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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)like one set loose among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, like those whom you remember no more, for they are cut off from your hand.
• New Living Translation (NLT)They have left me among the dead, and I lie like a corpse in a grave. I am forgotten, cut off from your care.

Context of Psalms 88:5

3For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draws near to the grave. 4I am counted with those who go down to the pit; I am like a man who has no strength, Adrift among the dead, Like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom You remember no more, And who are cut off from Your hand. 6You have laid me in the lowest pit, In darkness, in the depths. 7Your wrath lies heavy upon me, And You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah

Psalms 88:5 word by word

בַּמֵּתִ֗ים חָ֫פְשִׁ֥י כְּמ֤וֹ חֲלָלִ֨ים׀ שֹׁ֥כְבֵי קֶ֗בֶר אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹ֣א זְכַרְתָּ֣ם ע֑וֹד וְ֝הֵ֗מָּה מִיָּדְךָ֥ נִגְזָֽרוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Freeחׇפְשִׁיchophshîy · freeH2670
• among the deadמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• like the slainחָלָלchâlâl · slain: killedH2491
• that lieשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: be deadH7901
• in the graveקֶ֫בֶרqeber qibrâh · graveH6913
• whom thou rememberestזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
• no more: and they are cut offגָּזַרgâzar · to cutH1504
• from thy handיָדyâd · handH3027

Cross-references for Psalms 88:5

• Isaiah 14:9“Hell from beneath is excited about you, To meet you at your coming; It stirs up the dead for you, All the chief ones of the earth; It has raised up from their thrones All the kings of the nations.
• Isaiah 38:10I said, “In the prime of my life I shall go to the gates of Sheol; I am deprived of the remainder of my years.”
• Ezekiel 32:18“Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt, And cast them down to the depths of the earth, Her and the daughters of the famous nations, With those who go down to the Pit:
• Psalms 136:23Who remembered us in our lowly state, For His mercy endures forever;
• Genesis 8:1Then God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.
• Genesis 19:29And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot had dwelt.
• Psalms 88:16Your fierce wrath has gone over me; Your terrors have cut me off.
• Psalms 31:22For I said in my haste, “I am cut off from before Your eyes”; Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications When I cried out to You.
• Job 6:9That it would please God to crush me, That He would loose His hand and cut me off!
• Job 11:10“If He passes by, imprisons, and gathers to judgment, Then who can hinder Him?
• Isaiah 53:8He was taken from prison and from judgment, And who will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the living; For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.

Commentaries on Psalms 88:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Free among the dead - צפשי במתים bammethim chophshi, I rather think, means stripped among the dead. Both the fourth and fifth verses seem to allude to a field of battle: the slain and the wounded, are found scattered over the plain; the spoilers come among them, and strip, not only the dead, but those also who appear to be mortally wounded, and cannot recover, and are so feeble as not to be able to resist. Hence the psalmist says, "I am counted with them…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Free among the dead - Luther renders this, “I lie forgotten among the dead.” DeWette renders it, “Pertaining to the dead - (den Todten angehorend) - stricken down, like the slain, I lie in the grave,” and explains it as meaning, “I am as good as dead.” The word rendered “free” - חפשׁי chophshı̂y - means properly, according to Gesenius (Lexicon), (1) prostrate, weak, feeble; (2) free, as opposed to a slave or a captive; (3) free from public taxes or…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. 55. Free ... dead--Cut off from God's care, as are the slain, who, falling under His wrath, are left, no longer sustained by His hand.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 88:5

• 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