Psalms 88:15
13 But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
- KJV
- I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
- WEB
- I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.
- ASV
- I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
- DARBY
- I am afflicted and expiring from my youth up; I suffer thy terrors, [and] I am distracted.
- BLB
- I [am] afflicted and dying from my youth; I bear Your terrors; I am in despair.
- ÅB
- Elendig er jeg og døende fra ungdommen av; jeg bærer dine redsler, jeg må fortvile.
- OTB
- Jeg har vært plaget og nær døden fra min ungdom;
Jeg utholder dine redsler; jeg blir trett. - B1930
- Elendig er jeg og døende fra ungdommen av; jeg bærer dine redsler, jeg må fortvile.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 6:4
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
Read in contextLuke 22:44
And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
Read in contextPsalms 73:14
For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
Read in contextJob 7:11–16
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Read in contextIsaiah 53:10
Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
Read in contextZechariah 13:7
Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
Read in contextJob 17:11–16
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
Read in contextJob 17:1
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
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