Psalm 88:9

Translations

Modern

My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.

Traditional

Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

Literal

My eye languishes from this affliction; I have called to You, O YHWH, all the day; I have stretched out to You my hands.

Latin

…oculi mei languerunt præ inopia. Clamavi ad te, Domine, tota die; expandi ad te manus meas.

Original

Hebrew

English

My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.

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).

Related verses

Job 11:13
As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,
Psalm 38:10
My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
Psalm 86:3
Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I call to You all day long.
Psalm 143:6
I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
Psalm 42:3
My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
Psalm 102:9
For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
Psalm 44:20
If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
Job 16:20
My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.
Psalm 68:31
Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God.
John 11:35
Jesus wept.
Lamentations 3:48–49
Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Psalm 88:1
A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.

Glossary

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

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Prayer In Afflictions and Adversities: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Death: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Prayer: Importunity In The Eye: Actions of, Mentioned in Scripture: Weeping

Psalm 88:9

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