Psalms 88:5

5 I am set apart with the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, who are cut off from your care.

Psalms 88:5 in Other Translations

KJV
5 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.
ESV
5 like one set loose among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, like those whom you remember no more, for they are cut off from your hand.
NLT
5 They have left me among the dead, and I lie like a corpse in a grave. I am forgotten, cut off from your care.
MSG
5 Abandoned as already dead, one more body in a stack of corpses, And not so much as a gravestone - I'm a black hole in oblivion.
CSB
5 abandoned among the dead. I am like the slain lying in the grave, whom You no longer remember, and who are cut off from Your care.

Psalms 88:5 In-Context

3 I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life draws near to death.
4 I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like one without strength.
5 I am set apart with the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, who are cut off from your care.
6 You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
7 Your wrath lies heavily on me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.

Cross References 1

  • 1. S Psalms 31:22; Isaiah 53:8
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