New Living Translation
Psalms 88:3
3For my life is full of troubles, and death draws near.
Psalms 88:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
- New International Version (NIV)I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life draws near to death.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draws near to the grave.
Context of Psalms 88:3
1O Lord, God of my salvation, I cry out to you by day. I come to you at night. 2Now hear my prayer; listen to my cry. For my life is full of troubles, and death draws near. 4I am as good as dead, like a strong man with no strength left. 5They have left me among the dead, and I lie like a corpse in a grave. I am forgotten, cut off from your care.
Read all of Psalms 88Psalms 88:3 word by word
כִּֽי־שָֽׂבְעָ֣ה בְרָע֣וֹת נַפְשִׁ֑י וְחַיַּ֗י לִשְׁא֥וֹל הִגִּֽיעוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 88:3
- Psalms 88:14O Lord, why do you reject me? Why do you turn your face from me?
- Psalms 22:11Do not stay so far from me, for trouble is near, and no one else can help me.
- Psalms 69:17Don’t hide from your servant; answer me quickly, for I am in deep trouble!
- Psalms 77:2When I was in deep trouble, I searched for the Lord. All night long I prayed, with hands lifted toward heaven, but my soul was not comforted.
- Psalms 143:3My enemy has chased me. He has knocked me to the ground and forces me to live in darkness like those in the grave.
- Job 6:2“If my misery could be weighed and my troubles be put on the scales,
- Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected— a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care.
- Lamentations 3:15He has filled me with bitterness and given me a bitter cup of sorrow to drink.
- Matthew 26:37He took Peter and Zebedee’s two sons, James and John, and he became anguished and distressed.
- Mark 14:33He took Peter, James, and John with him, and he became deeply troubled and distressed.
- Psalms 107:18They couldn’t stand the thought of food, and they were knocking on death’s door.
- Job 33:22They are at death’s door; the angels of death wait for them.
Commentaries on Psalms 88:3
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3For my soul is full of troubles - I am full of trouble. The word rendered as “full” means properly to satiate as with food; that is, when as much had been taken as could be. So he says here, that this trouble was as great as he could bear; he could sustain no more. He had reached the utmost point of endurance; he had no power to bear anymore. And my life draweth nigh unto the grave - Hebrew, to Sheol. Compare the notes at Isaiah 14:9; notes at Job…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. 33. grave--literally, "hell" (Psa 16:10), death in wide sense.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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