Psalm 88:7

Translations

Modern

Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah

Traditional

Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

Literal

Upon me Your wrath has grabbed hold, and with all Your waves You have afflicted. Selah

Latin

Super me confirmatus est furor tuus, et omnes fluctus tuos induxisti super me.

Original

Hebrew

English

Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah

Notes

Psalms 88:6–7

In his first complaint, the psalmist blames the Lord for his suffering. God’s overwhelming anger does not make sense to him.
The phrase the darkest of the depths might refer to:
- the place of the dead (Psalm 143:3; see Lamentations 3:6), or
- the deep sea (Psalms 68:22; 69:1–2).

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

Psalm 42:7
Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.
1 Peter 2:24
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
Job 6:4
For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
Romans 2:5–9
But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
Psalm 32:4
For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah
Psalm 90:7
For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.
John 3:36
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
Job 10:16
Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.
Revelation 6:16–17
And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.
Psalm 38:1
A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
Jonah 2:3
For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.
Psalm 102:10
…because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.

People

Selah: A musical or liturgical term of uncertain meaning

Glossary

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

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Dispensation of God Afflictions and Adversities: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To

Psalm 88:7

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