Psalms 88:4
2 May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.
3 For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.
5 I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care.
6 You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.
- KJV
- I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
- WEB
- I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,
- ASV
- I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help,
- DARBY
- I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no strength:
- BLB
- I am counted with those going down into the Pit; I am like a man with no strength,
- ÅB
- Jeg aktes like med dem som farer ned i hulen; jeg er som en mann uten kraft,
- OTB
- Jeg regnes som en som stiger ned i graven;
Jeg har blitt som en person uten styrke, - B1930
- Jeg aktes like med dem som farer ned i hulen; jeg er som en mann uten kraft,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 28:1
To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.
Read in context2 Corinthians 1:9
Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.
Read in contextIsaiah 38:17–18
Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
Read in contextPsalms 31:12
I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.
Read in contextPsalms 143:7
Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
Read in contextJob 17:1
“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.
Read in context2 Corinthians 13:4
For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God’s power. And though we are weak in Him, yet by God’s power we will live with Him to serve you.
Read in contextPsalms 30:9
“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?
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