Psalms88
English Standard Version
1A . A of the of . To the : to . A of the . O Lord, of my ; I and you.
2Let my you; your to my !
3 my is of , and my draws to .
4I am those who to the ; I am a who has ,
5like one among the , like the that in the , like those you , for they are from your .
6You have me in the of the , in the regions and .
7Your me, and you me with your .
8You have my to me; you have me a to them. I am so that I ;
9my . I upon you, O Lord; I my to you.
10Do you for the ? Do the to you?
11Is your in the , or your in ?
12Are your in the , or your in the of ?
13But , O Lord, to you; in the my you.
14O Lord, do you my ? Why do you your me?
15 and close to my up, I your ; I am .
16Your has swept me; your me.
17They me like a ; they close in me .
18You have my and my to me; my have become .
Cross References
Psalms 88Identifies Heman the Ezrahite, the author in the title, noted for his wisdom.
Supported by Matthew Poole
Traces Heman's lineage as a singer of the family of Kohath.
Supported by Matthew Poole, JFB
Direct parallel to the 'lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps' as the land of shadow.
Supported by Matthew Poole
Parallels the metaphor of being afflicted with all of God's waves/billows.
Supported by JFB
Parallel regarding being cut off from sympathy and made an abomination to acquaintance.
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Parallels the rhetorical argument that the dead cannot declare God's praise.
Supported by JFB
Directly links God's wrath and arrow-like terrors pressing down on the speaker.
Supported by JFB
Parallels crying out day and night to a silent God.
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Christ's soul being 'exceeding sorrowful' matches the deep mental anguish of Heman.
Supported by Matthew Henry
Typological link to the Messiah as a 'man of sorrows' acquainted with grief.
Supported by Matthew Henry
Parallels being counted with them that go down into the pit of destruction.
Supported by JFB
Graphic parallel of a sufferer whose brethren and familiar friends are wholly estranged.
Supported by Matthew Poole
Parallels the decay and consumption of the eye due to grief.
Supported by JFB
Expresses identical sentiments of a life drawing near to the ready graves.
Parallels the experience of being cast into the deep, with billows passing over.
Echoes that the dead praise not the Lord, nor any that go down into silence.
Direct parallel: the grave cannot praise God; death cannot celebrate His faithfulness.
Illuminates 'in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee' by rising early.
Echoes the terror of God's poisons and arrows drinking up the spirit.
The abandonment of Christ by His disciples, fulfilling the isolation of the sufferer.
Supported by Matthew Henry
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