Psalms 88:6
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
Psalms 88:6 in other translations
| BSB | You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths. |
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| WEB | You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths. |
| ASV | Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps. |
| YLT | Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths. |
| DARBY | Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the deeps. |
| BBE | You have put me in the lowest deep, even in dark places. |
| Webster | Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. |
What does Psalms 88:6 mean?
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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…
Psalms 88:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 88:6
- Psalms 69:15
Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
- Psalms 86:13
For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
- Psalms 40:2
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
- Psalms 143:3
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.
- Lamentations 3:2
He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
- John 12:46
I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
- Jude 1:6
And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
- Lamentations 3:55
I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon.
- Deuteronomy 32:22
For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
- Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
- Jude 1:13
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
- Psalms 130:1
A Song of degrees. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord.
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Context
- Psalms 88:5
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.
- Psalms 88:6
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
- Psalms 88:7
Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
Psalms 88:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Hasme puesto en el hoyo profundo, en tinieblas, en honduras. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Gisant parmi les morts, comme les tués qui sont couchés dans le sépulcre, desquels tu ne te souviens plus, et qui sont retranchés de ta main. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Du hast mich in die tiefste Grube gelegt, in Finsternisse, in Tiefen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Confitebuntur cæli mirabilia tua, Domine; etenim veritatem tuam in ecclesia sanctorum. |