Psalms 88:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Psalms 88:5

3 For my soul is full of troubles,
And my life ^adraws near to the grave.

4 I am counted with those who ^ago down to the pit;
^bI am like a man who has no strength,

5 ¹Adrift among the dead,
Like the slain who lie in the grave,
Whom You remember no more,
And who are cut off from Your hand.

6 You have laid me in the lowest pit,
In darkness, in the depths.

7 Your wrath lies heavy upon me,
And You have afflicted me with all ^aYour waves. Selah

8 ^aYou have¹ put away my acquaintances far from me;
You have made me an abomination to them;
^bI am shut up, and I cannot get out;

9 My eye wastes away because of affliction.
^aLord, I have called daily upon You;
I have stretched out my hands to You.

10 Will You work wonders for the dead?
Shall¹ the dead arise and praise You? Selah

Verse Comparison: Psalms 88:5

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
Cast away among the dead, like the slain that lie in a [nameless] grave, whom You [seriously] remember no more, and they are cut off from Your hand.

Contemporary English Version
I am no better off than those in the grave, those you have forgotten and no longer help.

Darby English Version
Prostrate among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave; whom thou rememberest no more, and who are cut off from thy hand.

Good News Bible
I am abandoned among the dead; I am like the slain lying in their graves, those you have forgotten completely, who are beyond your help.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
Forsaken among the dead, Like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom You remember no more, And they are cut off from Your hand.

New International Version
I am set apart with the dead,
like the slain who lie in the grave,
whom you remember no more,
who are cut off from your care.

New King James Version
Adrift among the dead,
Like the slain who lie in the grave,
Whom You remember no more,
And who are cut off from Your hand.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Forsaken among the dead, Like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom You remember no more, And they find themselves off from Your hand.

Revised Standard Version
like one forsaken among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, like those whom thou dost remember no more, for they are cut off from thy hand.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

New English Translation
adrift¹ among the dead, like corpses lying in the grave, whom you remember no more, and who are cut off from your power.²

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