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Psalms 88:6 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for Psalms 88:6 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Psalms chapter 88 verse 6 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.”
Psalms 88:6 (KJV)
Commentary on Psalms 88:6
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. This verse makes the shocking accusation that God Himself is responsible for the psalmist's suffering. Unlike Job's comforters who insisted suffering must be punishment for sin, or prosperity gospel teachers who claim suffering indicates lack of faith, this psalm directly attributes the affliction to divine action. This represents some of Scripture's most honest and challenging theology of suffering."Thou hast laid me" (שַׁתַּנִי/shattani) uses the second person—"You" (God) have placed me. Shit means to put, place, set, appoint. T...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Psalms 88:6
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“neither let the deep swallow me up. Don't let the pit shut its mouth on me.”
“For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.”
“as those who have been long dead.”
“out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock”
“that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.”
“and not in light.”
“Yahweh”
“foaming out their own shame; wandering stars”
“The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.”
“Yahweh.”