Psalms 88:12

American Standard Version (1901)

Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 9:5 : 5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
  • Isa 8:22 : 22 and they shall look unto the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness [they shall be] driven away.
  • Matt 8:12 : 12 but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
  • Jude 1:13 : 13 Wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved for ever.
  • Job 10:21-22 : 21 Before I go whence I shall not return, [Even] to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death; 22 The land dark as midnight, [The land] of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight.
  • Ps 31:12 : 12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
  • Ps 88:5 : 5 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.
  • Ps 143:3 : 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
  • Eccl 2:16 : 16 For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!
  • Eccl 8:10 : 10 So I saw the wicked buried, and they came [to the grave] ; and they that had done right went away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city: this also is vanity.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 88:10-11
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    10Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are deceased arise and praise thee? {{Selah

    11Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in Destruction?

  • Ps 88:13-14
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    13But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried; And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.

    14Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul? Why hidest thou thy face from me?

  • 49Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, Which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?

  • Ps 139:11-12
    2 verses
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    11If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night;

    12Even the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike [to thee] .

  • 1[For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David]. How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

  • Ps 77:8-9
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    8Is his lovingkindness clean gone for ever? Doth his promise fail for evermore?

    9Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? {{Selah

  • 2To show forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, And thy faithfulness every night,

  • 19Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

  • Ps 88:5-6
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    5Cast 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.

    6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps.

  • 5And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Jehovah; Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

  • 12I will declare thy righteousness; and as for thy works, they shall not profit thee.

  • Ps 77:11-12
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    11I will make mention of the deeds of Jehovah; For I will remember thy wonders of old.

    12I will meditate also upon all thy work, And muse on thy doings.

  • 24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

  • 28For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.

  • 13Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

  • Ps 42:8-9
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    8[ Yet] Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the day-time; And in the night his song shall be with me, [Even] a prayer unto the God of my life.

    9I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

  • 11Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.

  • 8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

  • 19Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high; Thou who hast done great things, O God, who is like unto thee?

  • 29For thou art my lamp, O Jehovah; And Jehovah will lighten my darkness.

  • Ps 145:6-7
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    6And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts; And I will declare thy greatness.

    7They shall utter the memory of thy great goodness, And shall sing of thy righteousness.

  • 6And he will make thy righteousness to go forth as the light, And thy justice as the noon-day.

  • 46How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? [How long] shall thy wrath burn like fire?

  • 3If thou, Jehovah, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?

  • 22The land dark as midnight, [The land] of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight.

  • 27Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and the justice [due] to me is passed away from my God?

  • 21And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be.

  • 1Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee; yet would I reason the cause with thee: wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?

  • 7Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: According to thy lovingkindness remember thou me, For thy goodness' sake, O Jehovah.

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    5For in death there is no remembrance of thee: In Sheol who shall give thee thanks?

  • 12For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.

  • 16Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

  • 1[A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite]. O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee.

  • 55I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, And have observed thy law.

  • Job 11:16-17
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    16For thou shalt forget thy misery; Thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away,

    17And [thy] life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.

  • 13And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

  • 9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

  • 19Thy way was in the sea, And thy paths in the great waters, And thy footsteps were not known.

  • 9What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

  • 4Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: [He is] gracious, and merciful, and righteous.

  • 8Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; For in thee do I trust: Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; For I lift up my soul unto thee.