Psalms 88:12

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Are your amazing deeds experienced in the dark region, or your deliverance in the land of oblivion?

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 9:5 : 5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything; they have no further reward– and even the memory of them disappears.
  • Isa 8:22 : 22 When one looks out over the land, he sees distress and darkness, gloom and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land.
  • Matt 8:12 : 12 but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
  • Jude 1:13 : 13 wild sea waves, spewing out the foam of their shame; wayward stars for whom the utter depths of eternal darkness have been reserved.
  • Job 10:21-22 : 21 before I depart, never to return, to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow, 22 to the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness, and the deepest shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”
  • Ps 31:12 : 12 I am forgotten, like a dead man no one thinks about; I am regarded as worthless, like a broken jar.
  • Ps 88:5 : 5 adrift among the dead, like corpses lying in the grave, whom you remember no more, and who are cut off from your power.
  • Ps 143:3 : 3 Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.
  • Eccl 2:16 : 16 For the wise man, like the fool, will not be remembered for very long, because in the days to come, both will already have been forgotten. Alas, the wise man dies– just like the fool!
  • Eccl 8:10 : 10 Contradictions to the Law of Retribution Not only that, but I have seen the wicked approaching and entering the temple, and as they left the holy temple, they boasted in the city that they had done so. This also is an enigma.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 88:10-11
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    10Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and give you thanks?(Selah)

    11Is your loyal love proclaimed in the grave, or your faithfulness in the place of the dead?

  • Ps 88:13-14
    2 verses
    78%

    13As for me, I cry out to you, O LORD; in the morning my prayer confronts you.

    14O LORD, why do you reject me, and pay no attention to me?

  • Ps 89:49
    75%

    49Where are your earlier faithful deeds, O Lord, the ones performed in accordance with your reliable oath to David?

  • Ps 139:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11If I were to say,“Certainly the darkness will cover me, and the light will turn to night all around me,”

    12even the darkness is not too dark for you to see, and the night is as bright as day; darkness and light are the same to you.

  • Ps 13:1
    72%

    1For the music director; a psalm of David. How long, LORD, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me?

  • Ps 77:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8Has his loyal love disappeared forever? Has his promise failed forever?

    9Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has his anger stifled his compassion?”(Selah)

  • Ps 92:2
    71%

    2It is fitting to proclaim your loyal love in the morning, and your faithfulness during the night,

  • Job 38:19
    71%

    19“In what direction does light reside, and darkness, where is its place,

  • Ps 88:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5adrift among the dead, like corpses lying in the grave, whom you remember no more, and who are cut off from your power.

    6You place me in the lowest regions of the Pit, in the dark places, in the watery depths.

  • Ps 89:5
    71%

    5O LORD, the heavens praise your amazing deeds, as well as your faithfulness in the angelic assembly.

  • Isa 57:12
    71%

    12I will denounce your so-called righteousness and your deeds, but they will not help you.

  • Ps 77:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11I will remember the works of the LORD. Yes, I will remember the amazing things you did long ago!

    12I will think about all you have done; I will reflect upon your deeds!”

  • Ps 44:24
    71%

    24Why do you look the other way, and ignore the way we are oppressed and mistreated?

  • Ps 18:28
    71%

    28Indeed, you light my lamp, LORD. My God illuminates the darkness around me.

  • Job 14:13
    71%

    13The Possibility of Another Life“O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!

  • Ps 42:8-9
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    70%

    8By day the LORD decrees his loyal love, and by night he gives me a song, a prayer to the God of my life.

    9I will pray to God, my high ridge:“Why do you ignore me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?”

  • Job 22:11
    70%

    11why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.

  • Ps 90:8
    70%

    8You are aware of our sins; you even know about our hidden sins.

  • Ps 71:19
    70%

    19Your justice, O God, extends to the skies above; you have done great things. O God, who can compare to you?

  • 2 Sam 22:29
    70%

    29Indeed, you are my lamp, LORD. The LORD illumines the darkness around me.

  • Ps 145:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6They will proclaim the power of your awesome acts! I will declare your great deeds!

    7They will talk about the fame of your great kindness, and sing about your justice.

  • Ps 37:6
    70%

    6He will vindicate you in broad daylight, and publicly defend your just cause.

  • Ps 89:46
    70%

    46How long, O LORD, will this last? Will you remain hidden forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire?

  • Ps 130:3
    70%

    3If you, O LORD, were to keep track of sins, O Lord, who could stand before you?

  • Job 10:22
    70%

    22to the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness, and the deepest shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”

  • Isa 40:27
    70%

    27Why do you say, Jacob, Why do you say, Israel,“The LORD is not aware of what is happening to me, My God is not concerned with my vindication”?

  • Job 7:21
    70%

    21And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and you will seek me diligently, but I will be gone.”

  • Jer 12:1
    69%

    1LORD, you have always been fair whenever I have complained to you. However, I would like to speak with you about the disposition of justice. Why are wicked people successful? Why do all dishonest people have such easy lives?

  • Ps 25:7
    69%

    7Do not hold against me the sins of my youth or my rebellious acts! Because you are faithful to me, extend to me your favor, O LORD!

  • Ps 6:5
    69%

    5For no one remembers you in the realm of death, In Sheol who gives you thanks?

  • Ps 9:12
    69%

    12For the one who takes revenge against murderers took notice of the oppressed; he did not overlook their cry for help

  • Jer 13:16
    69%

    16Show the LORD your God the respect that is due him. Do it before he brings the darkness of disaster. Do it before you stumble into distress like a traveler on the mountains at twilight. Do it before he turns the light of deliverance you hope for into the darkness and gloom of exile.

  • Ps 88:1
    69%

    1A song, a psalm written by the Korahites; for the music director; according to the machalath-leannoth style; a well-written song by Heman the Ezrachite. O LORD God who delivers me! By day I cry out and at night I pray before you.

  • Ps 119:55
    69%

    55I remember your name during the night, O LORD, and I will keep your law.

  • Job 11:16-17
    2 verses
    69%

    16For you will forget your trouble; you will remember it like water that has flowed away.

    17And life will be brighter than the noonday; though there be darkness, it will be like the morning.

  • Job 22:13
    69%

    13But you have said,‘What does God know? Does he judge through such deep darkness?

  • Isa 26:9
    68%

    9I look for you during the night, my spirit within me seeks you at dawn, for when your judgments come upon the earth, those who live in the world learn about justice.

  • Ps 77:19
    68%

    19You walked through the sea; you passed through the surging waters, but left no footprints.

  • Ps 30:9
    68%

    9“What profit is there in taking my life, in my descending into the Pit? Can the dust of the grave praise you? Can it declare your loyalty?

  • Ps 112:4
    68%

    4In the darkness a light shines for the godly, for each one who is merciful, compassionate, and just.

  • Ps 143:8
    68%

    8May I hear about your loyal love in the morning, for I trust in you. Show me the way I should go, because I long for you.