Psalms 88:3
For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 88 connects to 10 cross-references. A Korahite lament of Heman the Ezrahite, one of the darkest psalms in the Psalter, expressing unrelenting suffering and divine abandonment. Unlike most laments it contains no turn toward confidence or praise. The psalmist is counted among those going to …
Other Translations
For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.
For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol.
For my soul is full of evils, and my life has come near to the underworld.
Cross References
Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God …
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my …
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.