Psalms 88:9 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁹Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

Psalms 88:9 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

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Job 11:13
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
Psalms 38:10
My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
Psalms 86:3
Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.
Psalms 143:6
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
Psalms 42:3
My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Blessing Dead (people)Death Dying Enquiring of God Importunity Life

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-9)

It should seem, by the titles of this and the following psalm, that Heman was the penman of the one and Ethan of the other. There were two, of these names, who were sons of Zerah the son of Judah, 1 Chron. 2:4, 6. There were two others famed for wisdom, 1 Kgs. 4:31; where, to magnify Solomon’s wisdom, he is said to be wiser than Heman and Ethan. Whether the Heman and Ethan who were Levites and pre…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 9)

9. Mine eye mourneth--literally, “decays,” or fails, denoting exhaustion (Psa 6:7; 31:9). I ... called--(Psa 86:5, 7). stretched out--for help (Psa 44:20).