Psalms 88:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Cast off among the dead, Like the slain that lie in the grave, Whom thou rememberest no more, And they are cut off from thy hand.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Among the dead--free, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom Thou hast not remembered any more, Yea, they by Thy hand have been cut off.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 88:5 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 8:1But 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.
- Genesis 19:29So 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.
- Job 6:9that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!
- Job 11:10If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?
- Job 17:1“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.
- Psalms 28:1To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.
- Psalms 31:12I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.
- Psalms 31:22In 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.
- Psalms 88:16Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
- Psalms 136:23He remembered us in our low estate His loving devotion endures forever.
- Isaiah 14:9Sheol 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.
- Isaiah 38:10I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”
- Isaiah 53:8By 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.
- Ezekiel 32:18“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:
- Ezekiel 37:11Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
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