Psalms 88:4

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For my soul is filled with troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.

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  • Ps 28:1 : 1 To you, O LORD, I call; my Rock, do not be silent to me. If you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit.
  • Ps 143:7 : 7 Answer me quickly, Lord, for my spirit is fading. Do not hide your face from me, or I will be like those who go down to the pit.
  • Isa 38:17-18 : 17 Indeed, it was for my peace that I had great bitterness; but You, in Your love, delivered my soul from the pit of destruction. You have cast all my sins behind Your back. 18 For Sheol cannot thank You, death cannot praise You. Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
  • Ezek 26:20 : 20 'then I will bring you down with those who descend to the pit, to the people of old. I will make you dwell in the lower parts of the earth, among the ruins of antiquity, along with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be lived in again. And I will display my glory in the land of the living.'
  • Jonah 2:6 : 6 The waters engulfed me up to my neck; the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.
  • Rom 5:6 : 6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
  • 2 Cor 1:9 : 9 Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened so that we would not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.
  • 2 Cor 13:4 : 4 For though He was crucified in weakness, He lives by the power of God. Likewise, we are weak in Him, but we will live with Him by God’s power for your benefit.
  • Ps 30:9 : 9 To You, O LORD, I call; to the Lord I plead for mercy:
  • Ps 31:12 : 12 I am a disgrace among all my enemies, and even more to my neighbors—a dread to my acquaintances; those who see me on the street flee from me.
  • Ps 109:22-24 : 22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. 23 I am fading away like a shadow at sunset; I am shaken off like a locust. 24 My knees are weak from fasting, and my body has grown thin and gaunt.
  • Job 17:1 : 1 My spirit is broken, my days have faded away, and the grave is ready for me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 88:3
    84%

    3Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry.

  • Ps 88:5-6
    2 verses
    83%

    5I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like a man without strength.

    6Abandoned among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, cut off from your care.

  • Isa 38:10-12
    3 verses
    76%

    10I said, "In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol; I am deprived of the rest of my years."

    11I said, "I will not see the LORD, the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on humanity or be with those who dwell in the world of the dead."

    12My dwelling is pulled up and taken from me, like a shepherd's tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver rolls a cloth; He cuts me off from the loom. Day and night You bring me to an end.

  • Ps 143:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3For the enemy has pursued me, crushing my life to the ground and making me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.

    4My spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart is appalled inside me.

  • Ps 88:14-16
    3 verses
    75%

    14But I, LORD, cry to you for help; in the morning, my prayer comes before you.

    15Why, LORD, do you reject me and hide your face from me?

    16I have been afflicted and close to death since my youth; I have borne your terrors and am in despair.

  • Ps 22:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    14They open their mouths against me, like a lion ripping and roaring.

    15I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts within me.

  • Ps 38:6
    75%

    6My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness.

  • Ps 31:10
    75%

    10Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress. My eyes grow weak with sorrow, as do my soul and my body.

  • Ps 143:7
    75%

    7Answer me quickly, Lord, for my spirit is fading. Do not hide your face from me, or I will be like those who go down to the pit.

  • Ps 31:12
    75%

    12I am a disgrace among all my enemies, and even more to my neighbors—a dread to my acquaintances; those who see me on the street flee from me.

  • Ps 88:8
    74%

    8Your wrath weighs heavily upon me, and you have overwhelmed me with all your waves. Selah.

  • Job 30:19
    73%

    19He has cast me into the mud, and I am reduced to dust and ashes.

  • Lam 3:6
    73%

    6He has made me dwell in dark places, like those long dead.

  • Job 17:1
    73%

    1My spirit is broken, my days have faded away, and the grave is ready for me.

  • Jonah 2:4-6
    3 verses
    73%

    4You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the currents surrounded me. All Your waves and breakers swept over me.

    5I said, 'I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.'

    6The waters engulfed me up to my neck; the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.

  • Ps 28:1
    73%

    1To you, O LORD, I call; my Rock, do not be silent to me. If you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit.

  • Ps 142:4
    73%

    4When my spirit grows faint within me, You know my path. In the way where I walk, they have hidden a trap for me.

  • Ps 38:8
    72%

    8For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no health in my body.

  • Ps 116:3
    72%

    3The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of Sheol came over me; I was overcome by distress and sorrow.

  • Ps 22:6
    72%

    6To you they cried out and were delivered; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.

  • Ps 38:17
    72%

    17For I said, "Lest they rejoice over me; when my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me."

  • Ps 38:10
    72%

    10O Lord, all my desires are before you, and my sighing is not hidden from you.

  • Ps 55:4
    72%

    4From the voice of the enemy, and from the oppression of the wicked—for they bring down trouble on me and in their anger they hate me.

  • Ps 102:11
    72%

    11Because of your wrath and indignation, for you have lifted me up and thrown me aside.

  • Ps 69:2
    72%

    2Save me, God, because the waters have come up to my neck.

  • Lam 3:18
    72%

    18So I say, 'My strength is gone, and so is my hope from the LORD.'

  • Ps 30:3
    72%

    3O LORD, my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me.

  • Lam 3:53-54
    2 verses
    71%

    53They threw me alive into a pit and cast a stone upon me.

    54Waters flowed over my head; I thought, 'I am cut off.'

  • Ps 38:4
    71%

    4There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no peace in my bones because of my sin.

  • Ps 18:5
    71%

    5The cords of death surrounded me, and the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.

  • Lam 1:14
    71%

    14My transgressions were bound into a yoke; by his hands they were fastened together. They were laid on my neck; he has made my strength fail. The Lord has given me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.

  • Job 17:16
    71%

    16Will they go down to the bars of Sheol? Shall we descend together into the dust?

  • Ps 30:9
    71%

    9To You, O LORD, I call; to the Lord I plead for mercy:

  • Job 17:13
    71%

    13If I hope for Sheol as my home, and I make my bed in darkness,

  • Job 30:28
    71%

    28I walk in mourning without sunlight; I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.

  • 2 Sam 22:6
    71%

    6The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me.

  • Ps 40:12
    71%

    12LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; may Your love and truth always protect me.

  • Job 30:16
    70%

    16And now my soul is poured out within me; days of suffering seize hold of me.

  • Job 14:13
    70%

    13If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If you would set me a time and then remember me!

  • Isa 38:18
    70%

    18For Sheol cannot thank You, death cannot praise You. Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.