Psalm 88:5

Translations

Modern

I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care.

Traditional

Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

Literal

…among the dead set free, like the slain lying down in the grave, whom You do not remember anymore, even they who are cut off from Your hand.

Latin

…inter mortuos liber; sicut vulnerati dormientes in sepulchris, quorum non es memor amplius, et ipsi de manu tua repulsi sunt.

Original

Hebrew

English

I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care.

Notes

Psalms 88:1–5

The psalmist calls on the Lord for salvation.

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).

Related verses

Isaiah 53:8
By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.
Psalm 31:22
In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.
Psalm 136:23
He remembered us in our low estate His loving devotion endures forever.
Isaiah 14:9–12
Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you—all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.
Ezekiel 32:18–32
“Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit:
Genesis 19:29
So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.
Genesis 8:1
But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.
Job 6:9
…that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!
Isaiah 38:10–12
I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”
Psalm 31:12
I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.
Psalm 88:16
Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
Job 11:10
If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?

Glossary

Hell Heman Korahite, Korathite Life Mahalath Leannoth Music Numbers, Book of Pit Place of the Dead Psalms, Book of Soul Zerah

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To The Dead: A State of Deep Affliction

Psalm 88:5

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