Psalms 88:6

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 69:15 : 15 Don’t let the current overpower me! Don’t let the deep swallow me up! Don’t let the Pit devour me!
  • 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.
  • Ps 86:13 : 13 For you will extend your great loyal love to me, and will deliver my life from the depths of Sheol.
  • Ps 130:1 : 1 A song of ascents. From the deep water I cry out to you, O LORD.
  • Deut 32:22 : 22 For a fire has been kindled by my anger, and it burns to lowest Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and ignites the foundations of the mountains.
  • Ps 40:2 : 2 He lifted me out of the watery pit, out of the slimy mud. He placed my feet on a rock and gave me secure footing.
  • Prov 4:19 : 19 The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.
  • Lam 3:2 : 2 He drove me into captivity and made me walk in darkness and not light.
  • Lam 3:55 : 55 ק(Qof) I have called on your name, O LORD, from the deepest pit.
  • John 12:46 : 46 I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in darkness.
  • Jude 1:6 : 6 You also know that the angels who did not keep within their proper domain but abandoned their own place of residence, he has kept in eternal chains in utter darkness, locked up for the judgment of the great Day.
  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Ps 88:3-5
    3 verses
    81%

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

    4They treat me like those who descend into the grave. I am like a helpless man,

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

  • Ps 88:7-8
    2 verses
    80%

    7Your anger bears down on me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves.(Selah)

    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.

  • Lam 3:6
    80%

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

  • Ps 143:3-4
    2 verses
    79%

    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.

  • Jonah 2:3-6
    4 verses
    79%

    3You threw me into the deep waters, into the middle of the sea; the ocean current engulfed me; all the mighty waves you sent swept over me.

    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 30:3
    76%

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

  • Lam 3:55
    76%

    55ק(Qof) I have called on your name, O LORD, from the deepest pit.

  • Ps 88:14-16
    3 verses
    76%

    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 86:13
    75%

    13For you will extend your great loyal love to me, and will deliver my life from the depths of Sheol.

  • Ps 42:7
    75%

    7One deep stream calls out to another at the sound of your waterfalls; all your billows and waves overwhelm me.

  • Ps 69:2
    75%

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

  • Ps 130:1
    75%

    1A song of ascents. From the deep water I cry out to you, O LORD.

  • 2 Sam 22:6
    75%

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

  • Ps 57:6
    74%

    6They have prepared a net to trap me; I am discouraged. They have dug a pit for me. They will fall into it!(Selah)

  • Lam 3:2
    74%

    2He drove me into captivity and made me walk in darkness and not light.

  • Isa 14:15
    74%

    15But you were brought down to Sheol, to the remote slopes of the Pit.

  • Ps 71:20
    74%

    20Though you have allowed me to experience much trouble and distress, revive me once again! Bring me up once again from the depths of the earth!

  • Lam 3:53
    74%

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

  • Ps 18:5
    74%

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

  • Job 17:13
    73%

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

  • Ps 102:10
    73%

    10because of your anger and raging fury. Indeed, you pick me up and throw me away.

  • Ps 116:3
    73%

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

  • Ps 143:7
    73%

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

  • Ps 139:8
    73%

    8If I were to ascend to heaven, you would be there. If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be.

  • Ps 63:9
    73%

    9Enemies seek to destroy my life, but they will descend into the depths of the earth.

  • Job 30:19
    73%

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

  • 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 88:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

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

    12Are your amazing deeds experienced in the dark region, or your deliverance in the land of oblivion?

  • Isa 38:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

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

  • Job 14:13
    72%

    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 88:18
    72%

    18You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance; those who know me leave me alone in the darkness.

  • Ps 69:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14Rescue me from the mud! Don’t let me sink! Deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep water!

    15Don’t let the current overpower me! Don’t let the deep swallow me up! Don’t let the Pit devour me!

  • Job 38:16
    72%

    16Have you gone to the springs that fill the sea, or walked about in the recesses of the deep?

  • Ps 22:15
    72%

    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 40:2
    72%

    2He lifted me out of the watery pit, out of the slimy mud. He placed my feet on a rock and gave me secure footing.

  • Ps 73:18
    71%

    18Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin.

  • Ezek 28:8
    71%

    8They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die violently in the heart of the seas.

  • Ps 142:3
    71%

    3Even when my strength leaves me, you watch my footsteps. In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.