Psalm 88:5

Easy To Read Version

Look for me among the dead people.\par I am like a dead body lying in the grave,\par one of the dead people you forgot,\par cut off from you and your care.\par

Cross References

Genesis 19:29

God destroyed the cities in the valley. But when God did this, he remembered Abraham {and did not destroy Abraham’s nephew}. Lot had been living among the cities in the valley. But God sent Lot away from there before he destroyed those cities.

Genesis 8:1

But God did not forget about Noah. God remembered Noah and all the animals that were with him in the boat. God made a wind blow over the earth. And all the water began to disappear.

Job 11:10

“If God arrests you,\par and brings you to court,\par no person can stop him.\par

Job 17:1

My spirit is broken;I am ready to give up.My life is almost gone,the grave is waiting for me.

Job 6:9

I wish God would crush me,\par just go ahead and kill me!\par

Psalm 136:23

God remembered us when we were defeated.\par His true love continues forever.\par

Psalm 28:1

Lord, you are my Rock, {\cf2\super [168]} \par I am calling to you for help.\par Don’t close your ears to my prayers.\par If you don’t answer my calls for help,\par then people will think I am no better\par than the dead people in the grave.\par

Psalm 31:12

People have completely forgotten me,\par like some lost tool.\par

Psalm 31:22

I was afraid, and I said,\par “I am in a place where God can’t see me.”\par But I prayed to you, God,\par and you heard my loud prayers for help.\par

Psalm 88:16

Lord, you were angry at me,\par and the punishment is killing me.\par

Isaiah 53:8

Men used force and took him—and they did not judge him fairly. No person can tell about his future family, because he was taken from the land of living people. He was punished to pay for the sins of my people.

Ezekiel 37:11

Then the Lord my Master said to me, “Son of man, {\cf2\super [291]} these bones are like the whole family of Israel. The people of Israel say, ‘Our bones have dried up, {\cf2\super [292]} our hope is gone. We have been completely destroyed!’