Psalms 88:3 Cross References - NSB

³ I am filled with troubles, and my life comes closer to the grave.

² »If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales! ³ »It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas, no wonder my words have been impetuous. ⁴ »The Almighty’s arrows are in me. My spirit drinks in their poison. God’s terrors set themselves against me.

²² »He draws near to the pit and to the messengers of death.

¹¹ Do not be so far away from me. Trouble is near, and there is no one to help. ¹² Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls from Bashan have encircled me. ¹³ They opened their mouths to attack me like ferocious, roaring lions. ¹⁴ I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart has melted within me like wax (I am weak). ¹⁵ My power is dried up like pieces of broken pottery. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me down in the dust of death. ¹⁶ Dogs have surrounded me. A mob has encircled me. They have pierced my hands and feet. ¹⁷ I can count all my bones. People stare and gloat over me. ¹⁸ They divide my clothes among themselves. They cast lots (throw dice) for my clothing. ¹⁹ Do not stay far off, O Jehovah. Come quickly to assist me, O my strength. ²⁰ Rescue me from the sword, my life from vicious dogs. ²¹ Save me from the mouth of the lion and from the horns of wild oxen. You have answered me.

¹⁷ Do not hide your face (turn away) from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily! ¹⁸ Draw near to me and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies. ¹⁹ You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before you. ²⁰ Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none. ²¹ They also gave me gall for my food. In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.

² In the day of my trouble I sought Jehovah. My hand was stretched out in the night, and did not get tired. I refused to be comforted.

¹⁴ Why do you reject me, O Jehovah? Why do you hide your face from me (turn from me)? ¹⁵ Ever since I was young, I have been suffering and near death. I have endured your terrors, and now I am in despair.

¹⁸ All food was disgusting to them, and they came near death's gates.

²⁶ The sailors aboard ship rose toward the sky. They plunged into the depths. Their courage failed in the face of disaster.

³ For the enemy has persecuted me. He has crushed my life to the ground. He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead. ⁴ Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart is devastated within me.

³ He was despised and rejected by men. He was a man of sorrows familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised. We did not consider him to be worth much.

¹⁰ It was Jehovah’s will to allow him to be crushed. Even though Jehovah makes his life a guilt offering, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of Jehovah will prosper in his hand. ¹¹ After his suffering he will see the light and be satisfied. By his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many. He will bear their iniquities.

¹⁵ He has made my life nothing but pain. He gives me bitterness in full measure. ¹⁶ He broke my teeth with crushed stones. I am bent low in the dust. ¹⁷ Peace has been removed far away from me. I do not remember what good is. ¹⁸ I said: »My strength is cut off, and my hope from Jehovah.« ¹⁹ Remember my trouble and my wandering, the bitterroot and the poison.

³⁷ He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with him. He was sorrowful and very troubled. ³⁸ He told them: »My heart is deeply grieved to the point of death. Stay with me and watch.« ³⁹ Then he went forward a little, and fell on his face, and prayed: »My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.«

³³ He took Peter, James and John with him. He was very distressed and troubled. ³⁴ He said to them: »I am very sorrowful to the point of death. Stay here with me and watch.«