Revised Webster's Bible
Psalms 88:9
9My eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands to thee.
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 heavy upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah. 8Thou hast put away my acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination to them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. My eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands to thee. 10Wilt thou show 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?
Read all of Psalms 88Psalms 88:9 word by word
עֵינִ֥י דָאֲבָ֗ה מִנִּ֫י עֹ֥נִי קְרָאתִ֣יךָ יְהוָ֣ה בְּכָל־י֑וֹם שִׁטַּ֖חְתִּי אֵלֶ֣יךָ כַפָּֽי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 88:9
- Psalms 38:10My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of my eyes, that also is gone from me.
- Psalms 42:3My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to 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 my eye poureth out tears to God.
- Job 17:7My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
- Lamentations 3:48My eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
- John 11:35Jesus wept.
- Psalms 88:1O LORD 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 to me, O Lord: for I cry to 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; Cush shall soon stretch out her hands to God.
- Psalms 143:6I stretch forth my hands to thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
- Ezekiel 17:11Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Job 11:13If thou preparest thy heart, and stretchest out thy 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
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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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