Tree of Life Version
Psalms 88:6
6abandoned among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom You remember no more— cut off from Your hand.
Psalms 88:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
- New International Version (NIV)You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
- 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.
Context of Psalms 88:6
4For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. 5I am counted with those who go down into the Pit. I have become as one with no strength— abandoned among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom You remember no more— cut off from Your hand. 7You have laid me in the lowest places, in dark places, in the depths. 8Your wrath lies heavily on me. You afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah
Read all of Psalms 88Psalms 88:6 word by word
שַׁ֭תַּנִי בְּב֣וֹר תַּחְתִּיּ֑וֹת בְּ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים בִּמְצֹלֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 88:6
- Psalms 40:2I waited patiently for Adonai. He bent down to me and heard my cry.
- Psalms 86:13For great is Your lovingkindness toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest part of Sheol.
- Deuteronomy 32:22For fire has ignited in My nostrils— it will burn to Sheol beneath, devour the earth and her produce, and scorch the foundations of mountains.
- Psalms 143:3For an enemy pursues my soul. He crushes my life down to the ground. He makes me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.
- Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is like darkness. They do not know what makes them stumble.
- Lamentations 3:2He has driven me and made me walk in darkness and not light.
- John 12:46As light I have come into the world, so that everyone who trusts in Me should not remain in darkness.
- Jude 1:6And the angels—who did not keep their own position of authority but deserted their proper place—He has kept in everlasting shackles under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great Day.
- Psalms 69:15Deliver me from the mire— do not let me sink. Deliver me from those who hate me, out of the deep waters.
- Psalms 130:1A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths I cry to You, Adonai!
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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