Psalms 88:5
3 For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
4 I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.
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.
7 Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
- WEB
- set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.
- ASV
- Cast off among the dead, Like the slain that lie in the grave, Whom thou rememberest no more, And they are cut off from thy hand.
- DARBY
- Prostrate among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave; whom thou rememberest no more, and who are cut off from thy hand.
- BLB
- among the dead [set] free, like the slain lying down in the grave, whom You do not remember anymore, even they [who] are cut off from Your hand.
- ÅB
- frigitt[^2] som en av de døde, lik de ihjelslagne som ligger i graven, som du ikke mere kommer i hu, fordi de er skilt fra din hånd.
- OTB
- Forlatt blant de døde,
Som de drepte som ligger i graven,
Som du ikke lenger husker,
Og de er avskåret fra din hånd. - B1930
- frigitt som en av de døde, lik de ihjelslagne som ligger i graven, som du ikke mere kommer i hu, fordi de er skilt fra din hånd. / < d.e. ikke lenger stående i din tjeneste.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 53:8
By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.
Read in contextPsalms 31:22
In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.
Read in contextIsaiah 14:9–12
Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you— all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.
Read in contextPsalms 136:23
He remembered us in our low estate His loving devotion endures forever.
Read in contextJob 6:9
that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!
Read in contextJob 11:10
If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?
Read in contextGenesis 8:1
But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.
Read in contextPsalms 88:16
Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
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