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Psalms 88:9 - Meaning and Application
Understand how this verse speaks to what you're facing and how to apply it today
Translation: King James Version
" Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands "
Psalms 88:9
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands
10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?
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Psalms 88:1
"O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night"
Psalms 88:2
"Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;"
Psalms 88:3
"For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave."
Psalms 88:4
"I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:"
Psalms 88:5
"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."
Psalms 88:6
"Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps."
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