Psalms 88 · Verse 16

Psalms 88:16

Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
Psalms 88:16, King James Version

Psalms 88:16 in other translations

BSBYour wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
WEBYour fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me off.
ASVThy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.
YLTOver me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off,
DARBYThy fierce anger hath gone over me; thy terrors have brought me to nought:
BBEThe heat of your wrath has gone over me; I am broken by your cruel punishments.
WebsterThy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

What does Psalms 88:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 88:16-17
16-17. the extremes of anguish and despair are depicted.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me - It is a mighty flood by which I am overwhelmed.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 88:10-18

Departed souls may declare God's faithfulness, justice, and lovingkindness; but deceased bodies can neither receive God's favours in comfort, nor return them in praise. The psalmist resolved to continue in prayer, and the more so, because deliverance did not come speedily. Though our prayers are not soon answered, yet we must not give over praying. The greater our troubles, the more earnest and serious we should be…

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Psalms 88:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עָ֭לַי'A.laiover meH5921
עָבְר֣וּ'a.ve.Ruthey have passedH5674
חֲרוֹנֶ֑יךָcha.ro.Nei.khaanger<s> yourH2740
בִּ֝עוּתֶ֗יךָbi.'u.Tei.khaterrors yourH1161
צִמְּתוּתֻֽנִי\׃tzi.me.tu.Tu.nithey have destroyed meH6789

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Cross references for Psalms 88:16

  • Galatians 3:13

    Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

  • Revelation 6:17

    For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

  • Psalms 90:7

    For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

  • Psalms 89:46

    How long, Lord? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

  • Romans 8:32

    He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

  • Isaiah 53:4-6

    Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

  • Isaiah 53:8

    He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

  • Daniel 9:26

    And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

  • Psalms 90:11

    Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.

  • Psalms 102:10

    Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

  • Psalms 38:1-2

    A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
fierce.
38:1,2; 89:46; 90:7,11; 102:10; Isa 53:4-6; Ro 8:32; Ga 3:13
Re 6:17
cut me.
Isa 53:8; Da 9:26

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Context

  • Psalms 88:15

    I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

  • Psalms 88:16

    Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

  • Psalms 88:17

    They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

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Psalms 88:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Sobre mí han pasado tus iras; tus espantos me han cortado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Je suis affligé et expirant dès ma jeunesse; je porte tes terreurs, je ne sais où j’en suis.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Deine Zorngluten sind über mich hingegangen, deine Schrecknisse haben mich vernichtet.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Beatus populus qui scit jubilationem: Domine, in lumine vultus tui ambulabunt,