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

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 You have put my companions far from me. You have made me repulsive to them. I am shut in and I cannot go out. 10My eye fails from affliction. I call upon You every day, Adonai. I spread out my hands to You. 11Will You work wonders for the dead? Or will the departed spirits rise up praising You? Selah

Psalms 88:9 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Mine eyeעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• mournethדָּאֵבdâ'ab · to languishH1669
• by reason of afflictionעֳנִי‛ŏnîy · afflictionH6040
• Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · 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 Lord, all my longing is before You, and my sighing is not hidden from You.
• Psalms 42:3My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When will I come and appear before God?
• Psalms 102:9My enemies taunt me all day. My deriders use my name to curse.
• Job 16:20My intercessor is my friend; as my eyes pour out tears to God;
• Job 17:7My eyes have grown dim with grief and all my limbs are like a shadow.
• Lamentations 3:48Streams of tears run down my eyes because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
• John 11:35Yeshua wept.
• Psalms 88:1A song, a psalm of the sons of Korah, for the music director, for singing Mahalath, a contemplative song of Heman the Ezrahite.
• Psalms 55:17As for me, I will call on God, and Adonai will save me.
• Psalms 86:3Be gracious to me, my Lord, for to You I cry all day.
• Psalms 44:20Yet You crushed us in a place of jackals, covered us with the shadow of death.
• Psalms 68:31Rebuke the beast of the reeds, the herd of bulls with the calves, peoples trampling down pieces of silver. He has scattered the peoples who delight in war!
• Psalms 143:6I spread forth my hands to You. My soul longs for You as a parched land. Selah
• Ezekiel 17:11Then the word of Adonai came to me saying:
• Job 11:13“If you devote your heart to Him and spread out your hands to 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