Psalms 88 · Verse 3

Psalms 88:3

For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
Psalms 88:3, King James Version

Psalms 88:3 in other translations

BSBFor my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
WEBFor my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.
ASVFor my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.
YLTFor my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol.
DARBYFor my soul is full of troubles, and my life draweth nigh to Sheol.
BBEFor my soul is full of evils, and my life has come near to the underworld.
WebsterFor my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh to the grave.

What does Psalms 88:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. grave--literally, "hell" (Psa 16:10), death in wide sense.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 88:1-9

The first words of the psalmist are the only words of comfort and support in this psalm. Thus greatly may good men be afflicted, and such dismal thoughts may they have about their afflictions, and such dark conclusion may they make about their end, through the power of melancholy and the weakness of faith. He complained most of God's displeasure. Even the children of God's love may sometimes think themselves…

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Psalms 88:3 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.

כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
שָֽׂבְעָ֣הsa.ve.'Ahit is surfeitedH7646
בְרָע֣וֹתve.ra.'otwith troublesH7451
נַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.Shibeing myH5315
וְחַיַּ֗יve.chai.Yaiand life myH2416
לִשְׁא֥וֹלlish.'olto SheolH7585
הִגִּֽיעוּ\׃hi.Gi.'uthey have reachedH5060

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 88:3

  • Psalms 107:18

    Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.

  • Lamentations 3:15-19

    He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood. He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes. And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity. And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord: …

  • Mark 14:33-34

    And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.

  • Psalms 69:17-21

    And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily. Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies. Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee. Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. …

  • Isaiah 53:3

    He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

  • Matthew 26:37-39

    And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

  • Psalms 107:26

    They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.

  • Job 33:22

    Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.

  • Psalms 143:3-4

    For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead. Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

  • Job 6:2-4

    Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. 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.

  • Isaiah 53:10-11

    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. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

  • Psalms 88:14-15

    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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
soul.
14,15; 22:11-21; 69:17-21; 77:2; 143:3,4; Job 6:2-4; Isa 53:3,10,11
La 3:15-19; Mt 26:37-39; Mr 14:33,34
life.
107:18; Job 33:22

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Context

  • Psalms 88:2

    Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;

  • Psalms 88:3

    For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

  • Psalms 88:4

    I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

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Psalms 88:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque mi alma está harta de males, y mi vida cercana al sepulcro.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Que ma prière vienne devant toi, incline ton oreille à mon cri.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn satt ist meine Seele von Leiden, und mein Leben ist nahe am Scheol.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quoniam dixisti: In æternum misericordia ædificabitur in cælis; præparabitur veritas tua in eis.