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Psalms 88:7
7You have laid me in the lowest places, in dark places, in the depths.
Psalms 88:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
- New International Version (NIV)Your wrath lies heavily on me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah
- New King James Version (NKJV)Your wrath lies heavy upon me, And You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah
Context of Psalms 88:7
5I am counted with those who go down into the Pit. I have become as one with no strength— 6abandoned among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom You remember no more— cut off from Your hand. You 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 9You have put my companions far from me. You have made me repulsive to them. I am shut in and I cannot go out.
Read all of Psalms 88Psalms 88:7 word by word
עָ֭לַי סָמְכָ֣ה חֲמָתֶ֑ךָ וְכָל־מִ֝שְׁבָּרֶ֗יךָ עִנִּ֥יתָ סֶּֽלָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 88:7
- Psalms 38:1A psalm of David, for a memorial.
- Psalms 90:7For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.
- Psalms 102:10For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears—
- Job 6:4For the arrows of Shaddai are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors line up against me.
- Job 10:16If my head is held high, You hunt me like a lion, and again work wonders against me.
- John 3:36He who trusts in the Son has eternal life. He who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
- Romans 2:5But by your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed.
- 1 Peter 2:24He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we, removed from sins, might live for righteousness. “By His wounds you were healed.”
- Revelation 6:16And they tell the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us, and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb.
- Psalms 42:7My God, my soul is downcast within me! Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and from the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mitzar.
- Jonah 2:3saying: “From my distress I cried to Adonai and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I cried for help and you heard my voice.
Commentaries on Psalms 88:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves - The figures in this verse seem to be taken from a tempest at sea. The storm is fierce, and the waves cover the ship.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Thy wrath lieth hard upon me - Presses me down; burdens me. The meaning is, that that which was the proper and usual expression of wrath or displeasure - to wit, bodily and mental suffering - pressed hard on him. and crushed him to the earth. These bodily sufferings he interpreted, in the sad and gloomy state of mind in which he was, as evidences of the divine displeasure against himself. And thou hast afflicted me - Thou hast oppressed me, or broken me…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. 77. Compare Psa 38:2, on first, and Psa 42:7, on last clause.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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