Psalms 88:3–4
For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
For my soule is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh vnto the graue.
I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
I am counted with them that go downe into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength.
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From verse 3
- Psalms 107:18Rank 1 from verse 3
- Lamentations 3:15–19Rank 2 from verse 3
15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
18And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord:
19Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
15†Hee hath filled me with bitternesse, hee hath made me drunken with wormewood.
16‖He hath also broken my teeth with grauell stones, hee hath couered me with ashes.
17†And thou hast remoued my soule farre off from peace: I forgate prosperitie.
18And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
19‖Remembring mine affliction and my miserie, the wormewood & the gall.
- Mark 14:33–34Rank 3 from verse 3
33And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;
34And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.
33And hee taketh with him Peter, and Iames, and Iohn, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heauy,
34And saith vnto them, My soule is exceeding sorowful vnto death: tarie ye here, and watch.
- Isaiah 53:10–11Rank 4 from verse 3
10¶ Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
11He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
10¶ ‖Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him, he hath put him to griefe: when thou shalt make his soule an offring for sinne, he shall see his seede, hee shall prolong his daies, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
11He shall see of the trauell of his soule, and shalbe satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous seruant iustifie many: for hee shall beare their iniquities.
- Isaiah 53:3Rank 5 from verse 3
3He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
3*‖He is despised and reiected of men, a man ofsorrows, and acquainted with griefe: and we hid as it were our faces from him; hee was despised, and wee esteemed him not.
2Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
2Oh that my griefe were throughly weighed, and my calamitie †layd in the balances together.
3For now it would be heauier then the sand of the sea, therefore my words are †swallowed vp.
4*For the arrowes of the Almightie are within me, the poyson whereof drinketh vp my spirit: the terrors of God doe set themselues in aray against mee.
- Matthew 26:37–39Rank 8 from verse 3
37And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.
38Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
39And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
37And hee tooke with him Peter, and the two sonnes of Zebedee, and beganne to be sorrowful, and very heauie.
38Then saith he vnto them, My soule is exceeding sorrowfull, euen vnto death: tary ye heere, & watch with me.
39And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my father, if it be possible, let this cup passe from me: neuerthelesse, not as I will, but as thou wilt.
- Psalms 107:26Rank 9 from verse 3
- Psalms 143:3–4Rank 10 from verse 3
3For 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.
4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
3For the enemie hath persecuted my soule, he hath smitten my life downe to the ground: hee hath made mee to dwell in darkenesse, as those that haue bene long dead.
4Therefore is my spirit ouerwhelmed within me: my heart within me is desolate.
- Psalms 69:17–21Rank 11 from verse 3
17And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
18Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
19Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
20Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
21They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
17And hide not thy face from thy seruant, for I am in trouble: †heare me speedily.
18Draw nigh vnto my soule, and redeeme it: deliuer me because of mine enemies.
19Thou hast knowen my reproch and my shame and my dishonor: mine aduersaries are all before thee.
20Reproch hath broken my heart, and I am full of heauines: and I looked for some †to take pitie, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
21They gaue mee also gall for my meat, *and in my thirst they gaue mee vineger to drinke.
- Psalms 77:2Rank 12 from verse 3
- Psalms 88:14–15Rank 13 from verse 3
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.
14 LORD, why castest thou off my soule? why hidest thou thy face from me?
15I am afflicted and ready to die, from my youth vp: while I suffer thy terrours, I am distracted.
- Psalms 22:11–21Rank 14 from verse 3
11Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
12Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
13They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
16For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
17I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
18They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
19But be not thou far from me, O Lord: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
20Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
21Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
11†Be not farre from me, for trouble is neere; for there is none to helpe.
12Many bulles haue compassed me: strong bulles of Bashan haue beset me round.
13†They gaped vpon me with their mouthes, as a rauening and a roaring Lyon.
14‖I am powred out like water, and all my bones are out of ioynt: my heart is like waxe, it is melted in the middest of my bowels.
15My strength is dried vp like a potsheard: and my tongue cleaueth to my iawes; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
16*For dogges haue compassed me: the assembly of the wicked haue inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feete.
17I may tell all my bones: they looke and stare vpon me.
18They part my garments among them, and cast lots vpon my vesture.
19But be not thou farre from mee, O LORD; O my strength, hast thee to helpe me.
20††Deliuer my soule from the sword: my darling from the power of the dogge.
21Saue me from the lyons mouth: for thou hast heard me from the hornes of the vnicornes.
From verse 4
- Psalms 28:1Rank 1 from verse 4
- 2 Corinthians 1:9Rank 2 from verse 4
- Isaiah 38:17–18Rank 3 from verse 4
17Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
18For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
17‖†Behold, for peace I had great bitternesse, but thou hast in loue to my soule deliuered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sinnes behinde thy backe.
18For the graue cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: they that goe downe into the pit cannot hope for thy trueth.
- Psalms 143:7Rank 4 from verse 4
- Psalms 31:12Rank 5 from verse 4
- 2 Corinthians 13:4Rank 6 from verse 4
4For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
4For though hee was crucified through weaknesse, yet he liueth by the power of God: for wee also are weake ‖in him, but wee shall liue with him by the power of God toward you.
- Psalms 30:9Rank 8 from verse 4
- Ezekiel 26:20Rank 9 from verse 4
20When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;
20When I shall bring thee downe, with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of olde, with them that goe downe to the pit, that thou bee not inhabited, and I shall set glorie in the land of the liuing:
6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.
6†‖I went downe to the bottomes of the mountaines: the earth with her barres was about me for euer: yet hast thou brought vp my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
- Psalms 109:22–24Rank 11 from verse 4
22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
23I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
24My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
22For I am poore and needie: and my heart is wounded within me.
23I am gone like the shadow, when it declineth: I am tossed vp and downe as the locust.
24My knees are weake through fasting: and my flesh faileth of fatnesse.
- Romans 5:6Rank 12 from verse 4
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Psalms 88:3
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.
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Disturbances, afflictions, difficulties, or causes of distress.
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The state of living; the period or manner of one's existence.
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Near or close in place, time, relationship, kinship, condition, access, or degree; approaching, drawing close, at hand, or almost.
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Sense 1: The place of the dead or of burial; a tomb, burial place, or pit. Sense 2: To cut, carve, or engrave. Sense 3: As an adjective, serious, sober, dignified, or worthy of respect.
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Psalms 88:4
Sense 1: Past tense or past participle of count: numbered or calculated. Sense 2: Past tense or past participle of count: reckoned, regarded, esteemed, or accounted as.
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From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
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Sense 1: A hole, cavity, cistern, dungeon, trap, or place of confinement. Sense 2: The grave, deep ruin, or a place of judgment.
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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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Power, might, force, ability, firmness, courage, capacity, support, defence, resources, or that by which a person or thing is enabled to stand, act, endure, overcome, or accomplish a work.
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2Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
2Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine eare vnto my cry.
3For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
3For my soule is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh vnto the graue.
Selected passage4I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
4I am counted with them that go downe into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength.
Selected passage5Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
5‖Free among the dead, like the slaine that lie in the graue, whom thou remembrest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.