Psalms 88:9

Psalms 88:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
• New International Version (NIV)my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, Lord, every day; I spread out my hands to you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)my eye grows dim through sorrow. Every day I call upon you, O Lord; I spread out my hands to you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)My eye wastes away because of affliction. Lord, I have called daily upon You; I have stretched out my hands to You.

Context of Psalms 88:9

7Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah. 8Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Yhwh, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee. 10Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. 11Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

Psalms 88:9 word by word

עֵינִ֥י דָאֲבָ֗ה מִנִּ֫י עֹ֥נִי קְרָאתִ֣יךָ יְהוָ֣ה בְּכָל־י֑וֹם שִׁטַּ֖חְתִּי אֵלֶ֣יךָ כַפָּֽי׃Read the interlinear

• Mine eyeעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• mournethדָּאֵבdâ'ab · to languishH1669
• by reason of afflictionעֳנִי‛ŏnîy · afflictionH6040
• Yhwhיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• I have calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• dailyיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• upon thee, I have stretched outשָׁטַחshâţach · to spreadH7849
• my handsכַּףkaph · palmH3709

Cross-references for Psalms 88:9

• Psalms 38:10My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
• Psalms 42:3My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
• Psalms 102:9For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
• Job 16:20My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
• Job 17:7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
• Lamentations 3:48Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
• John 11:35Jesus wept.
• Psalms 88:1O Yhwh God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
• Psalms 55:17Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
• Psalms 86:3Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.
• Psalms 44:20If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
• Psalms 68:31Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
• Psalms 143:6I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
• Ezekiel 17:11Moreover the word of Yhwh came unto me, saying,
• Job 11:13If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

Commentaries on Psalms 88:9

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction - I weep; my eye pours out tears. Literally, My eye pines away, or decays. Compare Job 16:20, note; Isaiah 38:3, note; Psalm 6:6, note. Lord, I have called daily upon thee - That is, I have prayed earnestly and long, but I have received no answer. I have stretched out my hands unto thee - I have spread out my hands in the attitude of prayer. The idea is that of earnest supplication.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-12In his second charge, the psalmist claims that God has isolated him and caused his loneliness (compare Psalms 31:11; 38:11). In that culture, loneliness was a curse because relationships mattered more than personal success.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. Mine eye mourneth--literally, "decays," or fails, denoting exhaustion (Psa 6:7; 31:9). I ... called--(Psa 86:5, 7). stretched out--for help (Psa 44:20).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 88:9

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Death
• Prayer

In the dictionaries

• Acquaintance
• Heman
• Job, Book of
• Leannoth
• Music, Instrumental
• Prayer
• Psalms
• Ready
• Eye
• Ezrahite

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