Psalms 88 (NET)

Psalms 88:1¹O Lord God who delivers me, by day I cry out and at night I pray before you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 12:2Ps 22:2Luke 18:7Ps 86:31 Kgs 4:31Gen 49:18Ps 27:9Ps 53:1Titus 3:4-7Luke 2:30

Psalms 88:2²Listen to my prayer. Pay attention to my cry for help.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 31:2Ps 141:1-2Lam 3:8Ps 79:111 Kgs 8:31

Psalms 88:3³For my life is filled with troubles, and I am ready to enter Sheol.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 107:18Lam 3:15-19Mark 14:33-34Isa 53:10-11Isa 53:3Job 33:22Job 6:2-4Matt 26:37-39Ps 107:26Ps 143:3-4

Psalms 88:4⁴They treat me like those who descend into the grave. I am like a helpless man,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 28:12 Cor 1:9Ps 143:7Ps 31:12Isa 38:17-18Job 17:1Ps 30:92 Cor 13:4Ezek 26:20Jonah 2:6

Psalms 88:5⁵adrift among the dead, like corpses lying in the grave, whom you remember no more, and who are cut off from your power.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 53:8Ps 31:22Isa 14:9-12Ezek 32:18-32Gen 19:29Gen 8:1Isa 38:10-12Job 11:10Job 6:9Ps 136:23

Psalms 88:6⁶You place me in the lowest regions of the Pit, in the dark places, in the watery depths.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 69:15Ps 86:13John 12:46Lam 3:2Ps 143:3Ps 40:2Deut 32:22Jude 1:13Jude 1:6Lam 3:55

Psalms 88:7⁷Your anger bears down on me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. (Selah)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 42:71 Pet 2:24Job 6:4Rom 2:5-9Job 10:16John 3:36Jonah 2:3Ps 102:10Ps 32:4Ps 38:1

Psalms 88:8⁸You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 31:11Isa 49:7Jer 32:2Job 19:13-19Job 30:10John 15:23-24Zech 11:81 Sam 23:18-20Isa 63:3Job 12:14

Psalms 88:9⁹My eyes grow weak because of oppression. I call out to you, O Lord, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 11:13Ps 38:10Ps 86:3Ps 143:6Ps 42:3Ezek 17:11Job 16:20Job 17:7John 11:35Lam 3:48-49

Psalms 88:10¹⁰Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and give you thanks? (Selah)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 6:5Isa 26:19Ps 30:9Isa 38:18-191 Cor 15:52-57Ezek 37:1-14Job 14:7-12Luke 7:12-16Mark 5:35-36Ps 115:17

Psalms 88:11¹¹Is your loyal love proclaimed in the grave, or your faithfulness in the place of the dead?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Pet 2:1Job 21:30Job 26:6Matt 7:13Prov 15:11Ps 55:23Ps 73:18Rom 9:22

Psalms 88:12¹²Are your amazing deeds experienced in the dark region, or your deliverance in the land of oblivion?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 9:5Matt 8:12Eccl 2:16Eccl 8:10Isa 8:22Job 10:21-22Jude 1:13Ps 143:3Ps 31:12Ps 88:5

Psalms 88:13¹³As for me, I cry out to you, O Lord; in the morning my prayer confronts you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 5:3Mark 1:35Ps 30:2Ps 119:147-148

Psalms 88:14¹⁴O Lord, why do you reject me, and pay no attention to me?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 13:24Ps 13:1Ps 43:2Ps 44:24Matt 27:46Ps 44:9Ps 69:17Ps 77:7-9

Psalms 88:15¹⁵I am oppressed and have been on the verge of death since my youth. I have been subjected to your horrors and am numb with pain.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 6:4Luke 22:44Isa 53:10Job 7:11-16Ps 73:14Zech 13:7Isa 53:3Job 17:1Job 17:11-16Ps 22:14-15

Psalms 88:16¹⁶Your anger overwhelms me; your terrors destroy me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 6:17Dan 9:26Gal 3:13Isa 53:4-6Isa 53:8Ps 102:10Ps 38:1-2Ps 89:46Ps 90:11Ps 90:7

Psalms 88:17¹⁷They surround me like water all day long; they join forces and encircle me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 22:16Ps 116:3Ps 69:1-2Job 16:12-13Job 30:14-15Lam 3:5-7Matt 27:39-44Ps 118:10-12Ps 124:4Ps 42:7

Psalms 88:18¹⁸You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance; those who know me leave me alone in the darkness.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 88:8Ps 38:11Job 19:12-15Ps 31:11