Psalm 88:3 “For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.”

Psalm 88:3

For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

World English Bible

For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.

American Standard Version

For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.

Geneva Bible 1599

For my soule is filled with euils, and my life draweth neere to the graue.

Darby Translation

For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draweth nigh to Sheol.

Young's Literal Translation

For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol.

Bible in Basic English

For my soul is full of evils, and my life has come near to the underworld.

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Cross references

“soul”

Lamentations 3:15–19 Psalm 69:17–21 Psalm 77:2 Job 6:2–4 Isaiah 53:3 Matthew 26:37–39

Lamentations 3:15–19 · BSB

He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.

Psalm 69:17–21 · BSB

Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!

Psalm 77:2 · BSB

In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.

Job 6:2–4 · BSB

“If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.

Isaiah 53:3 · BSB

He 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.

Matthew 26:37–39 · BSB

He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.

“life”

Psalm 107:18 Job 33:22

Psalm 107:18 · BSB

They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.

Job 33:22 · BSB

He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.

Also

Psalm 107:26

Psalm 107:26 · BSB

They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.

4I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.

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