Psalms 88:4

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They treat me like those who descend into the grave. I am like a helpless man,

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 28:1 : 1 By David. To you, O LORD, I cry out! My protector, do not ignore me! If you do not respond to me, I will join those who are descending into the grave.
  • Ps 143:7 : 7 Answer me quickly, LORD! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.
  • Isa 38:17-18 : 17 “Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. You delivered me from the Pit of oblivion. For you removed all my sins from your sight. 18 Indeed Sheol does not give you thanks; death does not praise you. Those who descend into the Pit do not anticipate your faithfulness.
  • Ezek 26:20 : 20 then I will bring you down to bygone people, to be with those who descend to the Pit. I will make you live in the lower parts of the earth, among the primeval ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will not be inhabited or stand in the land of the living.
  • Jonah 2:6 : 6 I went down to the very bottoms of the mountains; the gates of the netherworld barred me in forever; but you brought me up from the Pit, O LORD, my God.
  • Rom 5:6 : 6 For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
  • 2 Cor 1:9 : 9 Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.
  • 2 Cor 13:4 : 4 For indeed he was crucified by reason of weakness, but he lives because of God’s power. For we also are weak in him, but we will live together with him, because of God’s power toward you.
  • Ps 30:9 : 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 31:12 : 12 I am forgotten, like a dead man no one thinks about; I am regarded as worthless, like a broken jar.
  • Ps 109:22-24 : 22 For I am oppressed and needy, and my heart beats violently within me. 23 I am fading away like a shadow at the end of the day; I am shaken off like a locust. 24 I am so starved my knees shake; I have turned into skin and bones.
  • Job 17:1 : 1 My spirit is broken, my days have faded out, the grave awaits me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 88:3
    84%

    3For my life is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol.

  • Ps 88:5-6
    2 verses
    83%

    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.

  • Isa 38:10-12
    3 verses
    76%

    10“I thought,‘In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol, I am deprived of the rest of my years.’

    11“I thought,‘I will no longer see the LORD in the land of the living, I will no longer look on humankind with the inhabitants of the world.

    12My dwelling place is removed and taken away from me like a shepherd’s tent. I rolled up my life like a weaver rolls cloth; from the loom he cuts me off. You turn day into night and end my life.

  • Ps 143:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3Certainly 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.

    4My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.

  • Ps 88:14-16
    3 verses
    75%

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

    15I am oppressed and have been on the verge of death since my youth. I have been subjected to your horrors and am numb with pain.

    16Your anger overwhelms me; your terrors destroy me.

  • Ps 22:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    14My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.

    15The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.

  • Ps 38:6
    75%

    6I am dazed and completely humiliated; all day long I walk around mourning.

  • Ps 31:10
    75%

    10For my life nears its end in pain; my years draw to a close as I groan. My strength fails me because of my sin, and my bones become brittle.

  • Ps 143:7
    75%

    7Answer me quickly, LORD! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.

  • Ps 31:12
    75%

    12I am forgotten, like a dead man no one thinks about; I am regarded as worthless, like a broken jar.

  • Ps 88:8
    74%

    8You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.

  • Job 30:19
    73%

    19He has flung me into the mud, and I have come to resemble dust and ashes.

  • Lam 3:6
    73%

    6He has made me reside in deepest darkness like those who died long ago.

  • Job 17:1
    73%

    1My spirit is broken, my days have faded out, the grave awaits me.

  • Jonah 2:4-6
    3 verses
    73%

    4I thought I had been banished from your sight, that I would never again see your holy temple!

    5Water engulfed me up to my neck; the deep ocean surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.

    6I went down to the very bottoms of the mountains; the gates of the netherworld barred me in forever; but you brought me up from the Pit, O LORD, my God.

  • Ps 28:1
    73%

    1By David. To you, O LORD, I cry out! My protector, do not ignore me! If you do not respond to me, I will join those who are descending into the grave.

  • Ps 142:4
    73%

    4Look to the right and see! No one cares about me. I have nowhere to run; no one is concerned about my life.

  • Ps 38:8
    72%

    8I am numb with pain and severely battered; I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel.

  • Ps 116:3
    72%

    3The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow.

  • Ps 22:6
    72%

    6But I am a worm, not a man; people insult me and despise me.

  • Ps 38:17
    72%

    17For I am about to stumble, and I am in constant pain.

  • Ps 38:10
    72%

    10My heart beats quickly; my strength leaves me; I can hardly see.

  • Ps 55:4
    72%

    4My heart beats violently within me; the horrors of death overcome me.

  • Ps 102:11
    72%

    11My days are coming to an end, and I am withered like grass.

  • Ps 69:2
    72%

    2I sink into the deep mire where there is no solid ground; I am in deep water, and the current overpowers me.

  • Lam 3:18
    72%

    18So I said,“My endurance has expired; I have lost all hope of deliverance from the LORD.”

  • Ps 30:3
    72%

    3O LORD, you pulled me up from Sheol; you rescued me from among those descending into the grave.

  • Lam 3:53-54
    2 verses
    71%

    53They shut me up in a pit and threw stones at me.

    54The waters closed over my head; I thought I was about to die.

  • Ps 38:4
    71%

    4For my sins overwhelm me; like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.

  • Ps 18:5
    71%

    5The ropes of Sheol tightened around me, the snares of death trapped me.

  • Lam 1:14
    71%

    14נ(Nun) My sins are bound around my neck like a yoke; they are fastened together by his hand. He has placed his yoke on my neck; he has sapped my strength. The Lord has handed me over to those whom I cannot resist.

  • Job 17:16
    71%

    16Will it go down to the barred gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?”

  • Ps 30:9
    71%

    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?

  • Job 17:13
    71%

    13If I hope for the grave to be my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,

  • Job 30:28
    71%

    28I go about blackened, but not by the sun; in the assembly I stand up and cry for help.

  • 2 Sam 22:6
    71%

    6The ropes of Sheol tightened around me; the snares of death trapped me.

  • Ps 40:12
    71%

    12For innumerable dangers surround me. My sins overtake me so I am unable to see; they outnumber the hairs of my head so my strength fails me.

  • Job 30:16
    70%

    16Job’s Despondency“And now my soul pours itself out within me; days of suffering take hold of me.

  • Job 14:13
    70%

    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!

  • Isa 38:18
    70%

    18Indeed Sheol does not give you thanks; death does not praise you. Those who descend into the Pit do not anticipate your faithfulness.