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Psalms 88:15

Old Testament Poetry/Hymns ASV (1901)

What does Psalms 88:15 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
Psalms 88:15 — American Standard Version

Context — Psalms 88

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried; And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.
14Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul? Why hidest thou thy face from me?
15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
16Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.
17They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together.
18Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness. Psalm 89 Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
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What do historical commentaries say?

Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“I am afflicted and ready to die - I am so afflicted - so crushed with sorrow and trouble - that my strength is nearly gone, and I can endure it but a little longer. From my youth up - That is, for a long time; so long, that the remembrance of it seems to go back to my very childhood. My whole life has been a life of trouble and sorrow, and I have not strength to bear it longer. It may have been literally true that the author of the psalm had been a man always afflicted; or, this may be the language of strong emotion, meaning that his sufferings had been of so long continuance that they seemed to him to have begun in his very boyhood. While I suffer thy terrors - I bear those things which…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“afflicted: Psa 73:14; Job 17:1, Job 17:11-16; Isa 53:3 while: Psa 22:14, Psa 22:15; Job 6:4, Job 7:11-16; Isa 53:10; Zac 13:7; Luk 22:44 Psalms 88:16”
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