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Psalm 88:16 KJV
Psalms · chapter 88 · verse 16
Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.Psalm 88:16 · King James Version
Psalm 88:16 in context
14LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
16Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
17They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
18Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
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In these verses, I. The psalmist expostulates with God concerning the present deplorable condition he was in (Psa 88:10-12): "Wilt thou do a miraculous work to the dead, and raise them to life again? Shall those that are dead and buried rise up to praise thee? No;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-18