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I stand helpless and desperate before your terrors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/88.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/88.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/88.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />I <i>am</i> afflicted and ready to die from <i>my</i> youth up: <i>while</i> I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/88.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I <i>have been</i> afflicted and ready to die from <i>my</i> youth; I suffer Your terrors; I am distraught.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/88.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />I was miserable and about to die from my youth on; I suffer Your terrors; I grow weary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/88.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />I was afflicted and about to die from my youth on; I suffer Your terrors; I am overcome.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/88.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />I was afflicted and about to die from my youth on; I suffer Thy terrors; I am overcome.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/88.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I <i>have been</i> afflicted and about to breathe my last from <i>my</i> youth on; I bear Your terrors; I am overcome.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/88.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I was afflicted and close to death from my youth on; I suffer Your terrors; I am overcome.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/88.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />From my youth, I have been suffering and near death. I suffer your horrors; I am desperate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/88.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />From my youth, I have been afflicted and near death. I suffer Your horrors; I am desperate. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/88.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/88.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Ever since I was a child, I have been sick and close to death. You have terrified me and made me helpless. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/88.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/88.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Ever since I was young, I have been suffering and near death. I have endured your terrors, and now I am in despair. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/88.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Ever since I was young, I have suffered and been near death; I am worn out from the burden of your punishments. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/88.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Since my youth I have been oppressed and in danger of death. I bear your dread and am overwhelmed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/88.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/88.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I 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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/88.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/88.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/88.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/88.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />I [am] afflicted, and expiring from youth, "" I have borne Your terrors—I pine away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/88.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> I am afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors -- I pine away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/88.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />I am poor and expiring from youth: I bore thy terrors; I shall be perplexed.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/88.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I am poor, and in labours from my youth: and being exalted have been humbled and troubled. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/88.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 87:16>I am poor, and I have been amid hardships from my youth. And, though I have been exalted, I am humbled and disturbed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/88.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I have been mortally afflicted since youth; I have borne your terrors and I am made numb. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/88.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Wretched and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am desperate.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/88.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />I am poor and afflicted from my youth; I have been proud, but now I am humbled and crushed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/88.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />I am afflicted and weary from my youth; I was exalted and I have been humbled and confounded.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/88.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />I am afflicted and at the point of death from my youth up; I have borne Thy terrors, I am distracted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/88.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />I am poor and in troubles from my youth; and having been exalted, I was brought low and into despair.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/88-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=11004" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/88.htm">Day and Night I Cry Out Before You</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me? <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5290.htm" title="5290: min·nō·‘ar (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- Youth, early life. From na'ar; boyhood.">From my youth</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I was</a> <a href="/hebrew/6041.htm" title="6041: ‘ā·nî (Adj-ms) -- Poor, afflicted, humble. From anah; depressed, in mind or circumstances.">afflicted</a> <a href="/hebrew/1478.htm" title="1478: wə·ḡō·wê·a‘ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To expire, perish, die. A primitive root; to breathe out, i.e. expire.">and near death.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: nā·śā·ṯî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">I have borne</a> <a href="/hebrew/367.htm" title="367: ’ê·me·ḵā (N-fpc:: 2ms) -- Terror, dread. Or remah; from the same as 'ayom; fright; concrete, an idol.">Your terrors;</a> <a href="/hebrew/6323.htm" title="6323: ’ā·p̄ū·nāh (V-Qal-Imperf.Cohort-1cs) -- Be distracted. A primitive root meaning to turn, i.e. Be perplexed.">I am in despair.</a> </span><span class="reftext">16</span>Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/30-16.htm">Job 30:16-23</a></span><br />And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me. / Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest. / With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-1.htm">Lamentations 3:1-18</a></span><br />I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath. / He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light. / Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3</a></span><br />He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/7-3.htm">Job 7:3-5</a></span><br />So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed to me. / When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn. / My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/10-15.htm">Job 10:15-17</a></span><br />If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction. / Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me. / You produce new witnesses against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships assault me in wave after wave.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/20-14.htm">Jeremiah 20:14-18</a></span><br />Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed. / Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, saying, “A son is born to you,” bringing him great joy. / May that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without compassion. May he hear an outcry in the morning and a battle cry at noon, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/22-1.htm">Psalm 22:1-2</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning? / I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/38-6.htm">Psalm 38:6-8</a></span><br />I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning. / For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body. / I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/42-9.htm">Psalm 42:9-10</a></span><br />I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?” / Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/77-2.htm">Psalm 77:2-9</a></span><br />In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted. / I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah / You have kept my eyes from closing; I am too troubled to speak. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-8.htm">2 Corinthians 1:8-9</a></span><br />We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. / Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-38.htm">Matthew 26:38</a></span><br />Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/14-34.htm">Mark 14:34</a></span><br />Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/22-44.htm">Luke 22:44</a></span><br />And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-36.htm">Romans 8:36</a></span><br />As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer your terrors I am distracted.</p><p class="hdg">afflicted</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/73-14.htm">Psalm 73:14</a></b></br> For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/17-1.htm">Job 17:1,11-16</a></b></br> My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves <i>are ready</i> for me… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3</a></b></br> He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were <i>our</i> faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.</p><p class="hdg">while</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/22-14.htm">Psalm 22:14,15</a></b></br> I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/6-4.htm">Job 6:4</a></b></br> For the arrows of the Almighty <i>are</i> within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/7-11.htm">Job 7:11-16</a></b></br> Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/88-7.htm">Afflicted</a> <a href="/psalms/85-2.htm">Borne</a> <a href="/psalms/73-28.htm">Close</a> <a href="/psalms/82-7.htm">Death</a> <a href="/psalms/69-20.htm">Despair</a> <a href="/psalms/82-7.htm">Die</a> <a href="/psalms/55-2.htm">Distracted</a> <a href="/psalms/86-11.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/psalms/88-7.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/psalms/69-20.htm">Helpless</a> <a href="/psalms/88-7.htm">Overcome</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-15.htm">Pine</a> <a href="/psalms/62-3.htm">Point</a> <a href="/psalms/86-5.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/psalms/88-4.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/psalms/60-3.htm">Suffer</a> <a href="/psalms/66-9.htm">Suffered</a> <a href="/psalms/73-19.htm">Terrors</a> <a href="/psalms/81-15.htm">Time</a> <a href="/psalms/83-17.htm">Troubled</a> <a href="/psalms/88-7.htm">Wrath</a> <a href="/psalms/84-3.htm">Young</a> <a href="/psalms/71-17.htm">Youth</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/90-15.htm">Afflicted</a> <a href="/psalms/89-50.htm">Borne</a> <a href="/psalms/88-17.htm">Close</a> <a href="/psalms/89-10.htm">Death</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/2-20.htm">Despair</a> <a href="/psalms/102-20.htm">Die</a> <a href="/luke/10-40.htm">Distracted</a> <a href="/psalms/90-11.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/psalms/94-4.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/proverbs/28-3.htm">Helpless</a> <a href="/psalms/89-22.htm">Overcome</a> <a href="/psalms/104-17.htm">Pine</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-14.htm">Point</a> <a href="/psalms/94-13.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/psalms/89-10.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/psalms/89-33.htm">Suffer</a> <a href="/psalms/105-14.htm">Suffered</a> <a href="/psalms/88-16.htm">Terrors</a> <a href="/psalms/89-45.htm">Time</a> <a href="/psalms/89-9.htm">Troubled</a> <a href="/psalms/88-16.htm">Wrath</a> <a href="/psalms/89-19.htm">Young</a> <a href="/psalms/89-45.htm">Youth</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 88</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/88-1.htm">A prayer containing a grievous complaint.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In biblical context, this can be seen as a reflection of the human condition under the curse of sin, as described in <a href="/genesis/3.htm">Genesis 3</a>. The psalmist's experience parallels the life of Job, who also faced severe trials and questioned God's purposes. The mention of "youth" indicates that suffering is not limited to a particular stage of life but can be a persistent reality. This can also be seen as a type of Christ, who was "a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief" (<a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3</a>), experiencing suffering throughout His earthly life.<p><b>I have borne Your terrors;</b><br>The psalmist attributes his suffering to divine action, acknowledging God's sovereignty even in distress. This reflects the biblical theme that God is in control of all circumstances, including those that bring fear and terror. The "terrors" may refer to the overwhelming sense of God's judgment or the fear of death and the unknown. This aligns with the experiences of the Israelites, who often faced God's discipline when they strayed from His commandments. Theologically, this can be connected to the fear of the Lord, which is the beginning of wisdom (<a href="/proverbs/9-10.htm">Proverbs 9:10</a>), suggesting that even in terror, there is a recognition of God's ultimate authority.<p><b>I am in despair.</b><br>Despair indicates a deep sense of hopelessness and emotional turmoil. In the cultural context of ancient Israel, expressing such raw emotion in prayer was not uncommon, as seen in other lament psalms. This phrase captures the depth of the psalmist's anguish, similar to the cries of Jeremiah in Lamentations. It also foreshadows the agony of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, where He expressed deep sorrow and distress (<a href="/matthew/26-38.htm">Matthew 26:38</a>). The psalmist's despair highlights the human need for divine intervention and the hope of redemption, which is ultimately fulfilled in the person and work of Jesus Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_psalmist.htm">The Psalmist (Heman the Ezrahite)</a></b><br>The author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/88.htm">Psalm 88</a>, traditionally identified as Heman the Ezrahite, a wise man and a musician in the time of King David. He is known for his deep lament and expression of despair in this psalm.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The psalmist addresses God directly, expressing his feelings of abandonment and despair, yet acknowledging God's sovereignty over his life.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/affliction_and_near_death.htm">Affliction and Near Death</a></b><br>The psalmist describes a lifelong experience of suffering and being close to death, which is central to the lament in this psalm.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/terrors.htm">Terrors</a></b><br>The psalmist speaks of bearing God's terrors, indicating a profound sense of fear and divine judgment that he feels has been upon him.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/despair.htm">Despair</a></b><br>A state of hopelessness and emotional turmoil that the psalmist finds himself in, despite his cries to God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_suffering.htm">Understanding Suffering</a></b><br>Suffering is a part of the human experience, and even the faithful can endure prolonged periods of hardship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/honest_prayer.htm">Honest Prayer</a></b><br>The psalmist's raw and honest expression of despair teaches us that we can bring our deepest emotions to God in prayer.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Despite the feeling of abandonment, the psalmist acknowledges God's control over his life, reminding us to trust in God's sovereignty even when we don't understand His ways.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/endurance_in_faith.htm">Endurance in Faith</a></b><br>The psalmist's lifelong affliction encourages believers to persevere in faith, trusting that God is present even in silence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_support.htm">Community Support</a></b><br>The psalm highlights the importance of community in supporting those who are suffering, as the psalmist's lament is part of the communal worship of Israel.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_88.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 88</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_13_4_align_with_god_as_protector.htm">How do we reconcile Psalm 13:4's fear of enemies triumphing with the Bible's portrayal of God as an ultimate protector?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_psalm_88_clash_with_divine_mercy.htm">Why does the repeated emphasis on God's wrath in Psalm 88:7 and 88:16 clash with portrayals of divine mercy elsewhere in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_psalm_129_1-2_match_israel's_history.htm">How does Psalm 129:1-2 align with historical records of Israel's early afflictions, and is there evidence outside the Bible to confirm such repeated oppression?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_faith_help_overcome_despair.htm">How can faith help overcome despair?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/88.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) <span class= "bld">Terrors.</span>--Another of the many expressions which connect this psalm with the book of Job. (See <a href="/job/6-4.htm" title="For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinks up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.">Job 6:4</a>; <a href="/job/9-34.htm" title="Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:">Job 9:34</a>, &c.)<p><span class= "bld">Distracted.</span>--The Hebrew word is peculiar to the place. The ancient versions all agree in taking it as a verb, and rendering it by some general term denoting "trouble." But the context evidently requires a stronger word, and possibly connecting with a cognate word meaning "wheel," we may get, "I turn giddy." A change of a stroke in one letter would give "I grow frigid." (Comp. <a href="/psalms/38-8.htm" title="I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.">Psalm 38:8</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/88.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 15.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up</span>. This is a new point. The psalmist's afflictions have not come upon him recently. He does not merely mean, as some have supposed, that, like other men, as soon as he was born he began to die, but speaks of something, if not absolutely peculiar to himself, yet at any rate rare and abnormal - a long continuance in a dying state, such as could only have been brought about by some terribly severe malady. <span class="cmt_word">While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted</span>; literally, <span class="accented">I have endured thy terrors</span>; <span class="accented">I am exhausted.</span> (On the endurance of God's "terrors," see <a href="/job/6-4.htm">Job 6:4</a>; <a href="/job/9-34.htm">Job 9:34</a>; <a href="/job/13-21.htm">Job 13:21</a>.) The natural result would be a state, not of distraction, but of exhaustion. (So Kay, and substantially Professor Cheyne.) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/88-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">From my youth</span><br /><span class="heb">מִנֹּ֑עַר</span> <span class="translit">(min·nō·‘ar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5290.htm">Strong's 5290: </a> </span><span class="str2">Youth, early life</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I [was]</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲנִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">afflicted</span><br /><span class="heb">עָ֘נִ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6041.htm">Strong's 6041: </a> </span><span class="str2">Poor, afflicted, humble</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and near death.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְגֹוֵ֣עַ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḡō·wê·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1478.htm">Strong's 1478: </a> </span><span class="str2">To breathe out, expire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I suffer</span><br /><span class="heb">נָשָׂ֖אתִי</span> <span class="translit">(nā·śā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your terrors;</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵמֶ֣יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·me·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_367.htm">Strong's 367: </a> </span><span class="str2">Fright, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I am in despair.</span><br /><span class="heb">אָפֽוּנָה׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·p̄ū·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6323.htm">Strong's 6323: </a> </span><span class="str2">Be distracted </span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/88-15.htm">Psalm 88:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/88-15.htm">Psalm 88:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/88-15.htm">Psalm 88:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/88-15.htm">Psalm 88:15 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/88-15.htm">Psalm 88:15 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/88-15.htm">Psalm 88:15 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/88-15.htm">Psalm 88:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/88-15.htm">Psalm 88:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/88-15.htm">Psalm 88:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/88-15.htm">Psalm 88:15 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/88-15.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 88:15 I am afflicted and ready to die (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/88-14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 88:14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 88:14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/88-16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 88:16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 88:16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>