Psalms 88:5
“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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Free among the dead,.... If he was a freeman, it was only among the dead, not among the living; if he was free of any…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Free among the dead - Luther renders this, “I lie forgotten among the dead.” DeWette renders it, “Pertaining to the dead…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Psalms 88:1-9
It should seem, by the titles of this and the following psalm, that Heman was the penman of the one and Ethan of the…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Free among the dead There can hardly be any allusion to Job 3:19, where the word is used of a welcome release from…
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