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Psalms 88:5 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for Psalms 88:5 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Psalms chapter 88 verse 5 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. from: or, by”
Psalms 88:5 (KJV)
Commentary on Psalms 88:5
Free among the dead (חָפְשִׁי בַּמֵּתִים, chofshi bametim)—A haunting phrase: "free" typically denotes liberation, yet here it means cut loose, abandoned, cast off like a slave released without provision. The dead are "free" only in that they are forgotten, no longer under God's providential care. Like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more—The verb "remember" (זָכַר, zakar) in Hebrew means active, covenant faithfulness, not mere recollection. To be forgotten by God means to be outside His saving attention.And they are cut off from thy hand (נִגְזְרוּ מִיָּדֶךָ, nigzeru...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Psalms 88:5
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“who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living and stricken for the disobedience of my people?”
“I said in my haste”
“even all the rulers of the earth. It has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.”
“Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.”
“I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.”
“when God destroyed the cities of the plain”
“In the middle of my life I go into the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the residue of my years.”
“wail for the multitude of Egypt”
“Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever:”
“or confines”