Psalm 88:11

Translations

Modern

Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon?

Traditional

Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

Literal

Can Your loving devotion be recounted in the Grave, or Your faithfulness in Abaddon?

Latin

Numquid narrabit aliquis in sepulchro misericordiam tuam, et veritatem tuam in perditione?

Original

Hebrew

English

Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon?

Notes

Psalms 88:8–12

In his second charge, the psalmist claims that God has isolated him and caused his loneliness (compare Psalms 31:11; 38:11). In that culture, loneliness was a curse because relationships mattered more than personal success.

Psalms 88:1–18

In this lament, the psalmist sees himself as cast out from God’s presence. At first, he calls on the Lord. When he finds no relief from his suffering, he presents three charges against God (Psalm 88:6–7, 8–12, 13–17).

Theme notes and profiles

Life After Death

Related verses

Proverbs 15:11
Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD—how much more the hearts of men!
Romans 9:22
What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?
Psalm 73:18
Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
Job 21:30
Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
Psalm 55:23
But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
Matthew 7:13
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
2 Peter 2:1
Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
Job 26:6
Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.

People

Abaddon: The angel of the bottomless pit, meaning "destruction"

Glossary

Abaddon Heman Korahite, Korathite Life Mahalath Leannoth Music Numbers, Book of Place of the Dead Psalms, Book of Rephaim Resurrection Sheol Soul Zerah

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Prayer In Afflictions and Adversities: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Dead (People): Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Death: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Hades: The Realm (State) of the Dead

Psalm 88:11

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