Psalms 88:16

What does Psalms 88:16 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 88:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The heat of your wrath has gone over me; I am broken by your cruel punishments.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Over me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Blessed is the people that knoweth jubilation. They shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Thy fierce anger hath gone over me; thy terrors have brought me to nought:

Context

v.15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

v.16This passage

v.17They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 53:4

    Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

  • Romans 8:32

    He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?

  • Revelation 6:17

    for the great day of their wrath is come; and who is able to stand?

  • Psalms 90:7

    For we are consumed in thine anger, And in thy wrath are we troubled.

  • Isaiah 53:8

    By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who among them considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living for the transgression of my people to whom the stroke was due?

  • Psalms 89:46

    How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How longshall thy wrath burn like fire?

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