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THE MESSAGE
Psalms 88:6
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You have put me in the lowest part of the Pit,in the darkest places, in the depths.
You have laid me in the lowest pit, In the darkest depths.
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
You have put me in the depths of the pit, in the regions dark and deep.
You have brought me close to death; I am almost in the dark place of the dead.
You place me in the lowest regions of the Pit, in the dark places, in the watery depths.
You have laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the depths.
You have put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the depths.
You have laid me in the lowest pit, In the darkest depths.
Thou hast layde me in the lowest pit, in darkenes, and in the deepe.
You have put me in the pit far below,In dark places, in the depths.
You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest of the depths.
You have put me in the deepest and darkest grave;
left by myself among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave — you no longer remember them; they are cut off from your care.
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the deeps.
You put me in that hole in the ground. Yes, you put me in that dark place.
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the shadow of death.
You have thrown me into the depths of the tomb, into the darkest and deepest pit.
You have set me in the pit below, in dark places, in the depths.
You have laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the deeps.
Thy indignacion lieth hard vpon me, and thou vexest me with all thy floudes.
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps.
You have put me in the lowest deep, even in dark places.
Set apart among the dead, {N}and they are cut off from Thy hand.
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit: in darkenesse, in the deepes.
Thou hast layde me in the lowest pit: in darknes and in deepenes.
They laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, and in the shadow of death.
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the deeps.
Thei han put me in the lower lake; in derke places, and in the schadewe of deth.
You have laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps.
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
You have laid me in the lowest pit, In darkness, in the depths.
You have thrown me into the lowest pit, into the darkest depths.
You have put me in the deepest hole, in a dark and deep place.
You have put me in the depths of the Pit, in the regions dark and deep.
Thou hast laid me, In the lowest pit, In dark places, In the deeps:
(87-7) They have laid me in the lower pit: in the dark places, and in the shadow of death.
Thou hast put me in the depths of the Pit, in the regions dark and deep.
Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths.
You have put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the depths.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
lowest: Psalms 40:2, Psalms 86:13, Deuteronomy 32:22
darkness: Psalms 143:3, Proverbs 4:19, Lamentations 3:2, John 12:46, Jude 1:6, Jude 1:13
deeps: Psalms 69:15, Psalms 130:1
Reciprocal: Genesis 37:24 - the pit Job 10:21 - the land Psalms 69:2 - deep waters Psalms 71:20 - which Psalms 116:3 - sorrows Lamentations 3:6 - in dark
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit,.... The Targum interprets it of
"captivity which was like unto the lowest pit;''
and so Jarchi and Kimchi. Some understand it of a prison or dungeon, into which the psalmist was put; it may be interpreted of the pit of the grave, into which Christ was laid; though he continued in it not so long as to see corruption; from that prison and judgment he was quickly taken, Psalms 16:10, "in darkness"; both corporeal and spiritual,
Matthew 27:45, and it is in the Hebrew text "in darknesses" k, denoting both:
in the deeps; in the deep waters of affliction, sorrows, and sufferings; see Psalms 69:1. The allusion is to a dark and deep pit, under ground, such as in the eastern countries they used to put their captives and prisoners into in the night, and take them out in the morning; and which custom continues still among the Turks. Leo Africanus l says he has seen three thousand Christian captives together, clothed in a woollen sack, and chained to one another; and in the night put into pits or ditches under ground; see Zechariah 9:11.
k במחשכים "in loca tenebrosa", Tigurine version, Musculus; "in tenebrosissimis", Junius Tremellius "in densis tenebris", Piscator; "in caligines, vel obscuritates", Gejerus. l Descriptio Africae, l. 3. p. 413.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit - That is, I am as if I were thus laid; the deep grave seems now to lie so certainly before me, that it may be spoken of as if it were already my abode. The words rendered “lowest pit” mean literally the pit under, or beneath. The reference is to the sepulchre, as in Psalms 88:4.
In darkness - The dark grave; the realms of the dead. See the notes at Job 10:21-22.
In the deeps - The caverns; the deep places of the earth or the sea. All these expressions are designed to convey the idea that he was near the grave; that there was no hope for him; that he must die. Perhaps also there is connected with this the idea of trouble, of anguish, of sorrow; of that mental darkness of which the grave was an image, and into which he was plunged by the prospect of death. The whole scene was a sad one, and he was overwhelmed with grief, and saw only the prospect of continued sorrow and gloom. Even a good man may be made afraid - may have his mind made sad and sorrowful - by the prospect of dying. See Isaiah 38:0. Death is naturally gloomy; and when the light of religion does not shine upon the soul, and its comforts do not fill the heart, it is but natural that the mind should be full of gloom.
