Psalms 88:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.”
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BSBPD
“For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 88:3 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 6:2“If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.
- Job 33:22He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.
- Psalms 17:1Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.
- Psalms 22:11Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
- Psalms 69:17Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!
- Psalms 77:2In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
- Psalms 88:14Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
- Psalms 107:18They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.
- Psalms 107:26They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish.
- Psalms 143:3For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.
- Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
- Isaiah 53:10Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
- Lamentations 3:15He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.
- Matthew 26:37He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.
- Mark 14:33He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed.
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