Psalms 88:3

Bishops' Bible (1568)

For my soule is full of miserie: and my life toucheth the graue.

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  • Ps 107:18 : 18 Their soule abhorreth all maner of meate: and they be euen harde at deathes doore.
  • Ps 107:26 : 26 Then they ascende vp to heauen, and come downe agayne to the deepe: so that their soule melteth away through trouble.
  • Ps 143:3-4 : 3 For the enemie hath persecuted my soule, he hath smitten my lyfe downe to the grounde: he hath layde me in darknesse as men that haue ben long dead. 4 And my spirite is ouerwhelmed within me: and my heart is desolate in the midst of me.
  • Isa 53:3 : 3 He is dispised and abhorred of men, he is such a man as hath good experience of sorowes and infirmities: We haue reckened hym so vile, that we hyd our faces from hym.
  • Isa 53:10-11 : 10 Yet hath it pleased the Lord to smite hym with infirmitie, that when he had made his soule an offeryng for sinne, he might see long lastyng seede: and this deuice of the Lorde shall prosper in his hande. 11 Of the trauayle and labour of his soule, shall he see the fruite & be satisfied: My righteous seruaunt shall with his knowledge iustifie the multitude, for he shall beare their sinnes.
  • Lam 3:15-19 : 15 He hath filled me with bitternesse, and geuen me wormewood to drinke. 16 He hath smitten my teeth in peeces with stones, and roulled me in the dust. 17 He hath put my soule out of rest, I forget all good thinges. 18 I thought in my selfe, I am vndone, there is no hope for me in the Lorde. 19 O remember yet my miserie and my trouble, the wormewood and the gall.
  • Matt 26:37-39 : 37 And he toke with him Peter, and the two sonnes of Zebedee, and began to waxe sorowfull and heauy. 38 Then sayde Iesus vnto them: My soule is heauy, euen vnto the death, tary ye here, and watche with me. 39 And he went a litle farther, and fell flat on his face, and prayed, saying: O my father, if it be possible, let this cuppe passe from me: Neuerthelesse, not as I wyll, but as thou wylt.
  • Mark 14:33-34 : 33 And he taketh with hym, Peter, and Iames, and Iohn, and began to waxe abasshed, and to be in an agonie. 34 And sayth vnto them: My soule is heauie, euen vnto the death, tarry ye here and watche.
  • Job 6:2-4 : 2 O that my complaynt were truely wayed, and my punishment layde in the balaunces together: 3 For nowe it woulde be heauier then the sande of the sea: and this is the cause, that my wordes fayle me. 4 For the arrowes of the almightie are vpon me, the poyson therof hath drunke vp my spirite, and the terrible feares of God are set against me.
  • Job 33:22 : 22 His soule draweth vnto the graue, and his lyfe to death.
  • Ps 22:11-21 : 11 O go not far fro me, for trouble is harde at hande: and there is none to helpe me. 12 Many oxen are come about me: fat bulles of Bashan close me in on euery syde. 13 They gape vpon me with their mouthes: as it were a rampyng and a roryng lion. 14 I am as it were into water resolued, and all my bones are out of ioynt: my heart also is like waxe melted in the middest of my bowels. 15 My strength is dried vp like a potsheard, & my tongue cleaueth to my gummes: and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. 16 For dogges are come about me, the assemble of the wicked lay siege agaynst me: they haue pearced my handes and my feete, I may tell all my bones. 17 I may tell all my bones. They stande staring & gasing vpon me: 18 they part my garmentes among them, and they cast lottes vpon my vesture. 19 But be not thou farre from me O God: thou art my strength, make haste to helpe me. 20 Delyuer my soule from the sworde: and my dearlyng from the dogges pawes. 21 Saue me from the Lions mouth: delyuer me from the hornes of the Unicornes.
  • Ps 69:17-21 : 17 And hyde not thy face from thy seruaunt, for I am in trouble: O haste thee and heare me. 18 Draw nigh vnto my soule & redeeme it: for myne enemies sake oh redeeme me. 19 Thou hast knowen my reproofe, my shame, and my dishonour: myne aduersaries are all in thy syght. 20 Reproofe hath broke my heart a peeces, I am full of heauinesse: I loked for some to haue pitie on me, but there was none, and for some that shoulde comfort me, but I coulde fynde none. 21 They gaue me for meate, gall to eate: and when I was thirstie, they gaue me vineger to drynke.
  • Ps 77:2 : 2 In the tyme of my trouble I sought the Lorde: my hande all the nyght catched & ceassed not, my soule refused comfort.
  • Ps 88:14-15 : 14 O God, why abhorrest thou my soule: and why hidest thou thy face from me? 15 I am in miserie, I labour euen from my youth with the panges of death: I haue suffered thy terrours, and I am styll in doubt.

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  • Ps 88:4-7
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    4I am counted as one of them that go downe vnto the pit: and I am nowe become a man that hath no strength.

    5I am free among the dead: like such as beyng kylled lye in a graue, whom thou remembrest no more, and are cut away from thy hande.

    6Thou hast layde me in the lowest pit: in darknes and in deepenes.

    7Thyne indignation sore presseth me: and thou hast vexed me with all thy stormes. Selah.

  • Ps 116:3-4
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    3The snares of death compassed me rounde about: and the paynes of hell toke holde on me. I founde anguishe and heauinesse,

    4but I called vpon the name of God: saying O God, I beseche thee deliuer my soule

  • Ps 143:3-4
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    3For the enemie hath persecuted my soule, he hath smitten my lyfe downe to the grounde: he hath layde me in darknesse as men that haue ben long dead.

    4And my spirite is ouerwhelmed within me: and my heart is desolate in the midst of me.

  • Ps 88:14-16
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    14O God, why abhorrest thou my soule: and why hidest thou thy face from me?

    15I am in miserie, I labour euen from my youth with the panges of death: I haue suffered thy terrours, and I am styll in doubt.

    16Thyne indignation hath gone ouer me: and thy terrours haue vndone me.

  • Ps 31:9-10
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    9Haue mercy vpon me O God, for I am in distresse: mine eye, my soule, and my belly be consumed for very heauinesse.

    10For my life is wasted with sorow, and mine eares with mourning: my strength fayleth me because of mine iniquitie, and my bones are putrified.

  • 16Therfore is my soule now powred out vpon me, and the dayes of my trouble haue taken hold vpon me.

  • 5The panges of a graue haue compassed me about: the snares of death ouertoke me.

  • Ps 88:1-2
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    1A song, the psalme of the sonnes of Corach, to the chiefe musition vpon Mahalath Leannoth, a wise instruction of Heman the Ezrahite. O God the Lorde of my saluation, I crye day and night before thee:

    2let my prayer enter into thy presence, encline thyne eare vnto my crying.

  • 1My breath is corrupt, my dayes are shortened, I am harde at deathes doore.

  • 6The sorowes of hell compassed me about, the snares of death ouertoke me.

  • 4My heart trembleth within me: and the feare of death is fallen vpon me.

  • 1My soule is cut of though I lyue, I wil powre out my coplaynte against my selfe, and will speake out of the very heauinesse of my soule.

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    3My soule also is greatly troubled: but O God howe long shall I be in this case?

  • 7Make speede, hearken vnto me O God, my spirite waxeth faynt: hyde not thy face from me, for I am lyke vnto them that go downe into the pyt.

  • Ps 38:6-9
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    6I am become crooked, and am exceedingly pulled downe: I go a mourning all the day long.

    7For my loynes are filled with heate: and there is no whole part in my body.

    8I am feeble and sore smitten: I haue rored for the very disquietnesse of my heart.

    9Lorde thou knowest all my desire: and my gronyng is not hyd from thee.

  • 17The sorowes of myne heart are encreased: O bryng thou me out of my distresse.

  • 17Because I am disposed to a haltyng: and my sorowe is euer in my syght.

  • 22His soule draweth vnto the graue, and his lyfe to death.

  • 10I thought I shoulde haue gone to the gates of hell when myne age was shortened, and haue wanted the residue of my yeres.

  • 13Haue mercy on me O God: consider the trouble whiche I suffer of them that hate me, lift me vp from the gates of death.

  • Jonah 2:5-6
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    5The waters compassed me euen vnto the soule, the deapth closed me on euery side, and the weedes were wrapt about my head.

    6I went downe to the bottome of the mountaines, the earth with her barres was about me for euer: yet hast thou brought vp my lyfe from corruption, O Lorde my God.

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    2Many say of my soule: there is no saluation for it in God. Selah.

  • 18Draw nigh vnto my soule & redeeme it: for myne enemies sake oh redeeme me.

  • 3Thou God hast raysed vp my soule from the graue: thou hast preserued my life from them that go downe into ye pit.

  • Ps 69:1-2
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    1To the chiefe musition vpon Sosanim (a psalme) of Dauid. Saue me O Lorde: for waters haue entred in vnto my soule.

    2I am ouer the head in deepe myre where I feele no grounde: I plunge in deepe waters where the streame ouerwhelmeth me.

  • 12For innumerable troubles are come about me, my sinnes haue taken such holde vpon me that I am not able to loke vp: yea they are mo in number then the heeres of my head, & my heart hath fayled me.

  • 20Consider (O Lorde) howe I am troubled, my wombe is disquieted, my heart turneth about in me, and I am full of heauinesse, because I rebelled stubburnly: the sworde hurteth me without, and within I am lyke vnto death.

  • 9And they that seeke my soule to oppresse it: shall go vnder the earth.

  • 4For my manyfolde wickednes is gone ouer my head: and like a sore burthen is to heauie for me to beare.

  • 13For great is thy mercy towarde me: and thou hast deliuered my soule from the lowest part of hell.

  • 15That my soule wisheth rather to perishe and die, then my bones to remayne.

  • 13Though I tary neuer so much, yet the graue is my house, & I haue made my bed in the darke.

  • 11For thy names sake O God thou wilt cause me to lyue: and for thy righteousnesse sake thou wilt bryng my soule out of trouble.

  • 22Let all their wickednesse come before thee, and do thou to them as thou hast done vnto me for all my trespasses: for my sorowe is very great, and my heart is heauy.

  • 2I powred out before his face my cogitations: and I made a declaration of my trouble before his face.

  • 53They haue put downe my life into a pit, and they haue cast stones vpon me.