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Psalm 88:4-6 KJV
Psalms · chapter 88 · verses 4–6
4I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: 5Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. 6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.Psalm 88:4-6 · King James Version
Psalm 88:4-6 in context
2Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
3For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
4I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
5Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
7Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
8Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- rememberestzâkarproperly, to markH2142 →
- darknessmachshâkdarknessH4285 →
- countedchâshabproperly, to plait or interpenetrateH2803 →
- lowesttachtîylowermostH8482 →
- slainchâlâlpiercedH2491 →
- graveqebera sepulchreH6913 →
- FreechophshîyexemptH2670 →
- deadmûwthto dieH4191 →
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It should seem, by the titles of this and the following psalm, that Heman was the penman of the one and Ethan of the other. There were two, of these names, who were sons of Zerah the son of Judah, Ch1 2:4, Ch1 2:6.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9