Psalm 88:16

Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

Cross-reference

Psalm 88:5 Parallel

Psalm 88:5 is the same psalm's earlier line — the psalmist is counted among the dead, reinforcing the destruction from God's wrath.

Psalm 90:7 Parallel

In Psalm 90:7, the same theme of being consumed by God's anger and terrified by His indignation directly parallels the psalmist's experience of overwhelming wrath.

Psalm 102:10 attributes the psalmist's distress to God's great wrath, matching the overwhelming terror described here.

Psalm 55:5 Parallel

Psalm 55:5 describes fear, trembling, and horror overwhelming the psalmist — a near-identical experience of terror.

Psalm 31:22 Contrast

Psalm 31:22 also expresses feeling cut off from God, but there the psalmist is heard — a contrast to the unresolved despair here.

Psalm 38:1 Parallel

Psalm 38:1 pleads not to be rebuked in wrath, echoing the psalmist's experience of God's fierce wrath in Psalm 88:16.

Psalm 38:2 Parallel

Psalm 38:2 describes God's arrows and pressing hand — a vivid parallel to being cut off by terrors in Psalm 88:16.

Psalm 89:46 Parallel

Psalm 89:46 asks how long God's wrath will burn — a lament that resonates with being overwhelmed by wrath in Psalm 88:16.

Psalm 90:11 Parallel

Psalm 90:11 reflects on the power of God's anger and the fear it deserves, echoing the terror of being overwhelmed by wrath.

Revelation 6:17 proclaims the great day of God's wrath, a future outpouring that mirrors the psalmist's present terror.

Galatians 3:13 states Christ became a curse for us, directly corresponding to the psalmist's cry of being overwhelmed by divine wrath.

Romans 8:32 Typology

Romans 8:32 reveals that God did not spare His own Son, who bore the wrath that the psalmist experiences—a typological fulfillment.

Daniel 9:26 Typology

Daniel 9:26 prophesies the Anointed One's death, which typologically fulfills the psalmist's cry of being overwhelmed by divine judgment.

Isaiah 53:8 Typology

Isaiah 53:8 depicts the servant cut off and punished, a direct typological parallel to the psalmist's experience of being destroyed by wrath.

Isaiah 53:4-6 describes the suffering servant crushed for our iniquities, prefiguring the Messiah bearing the wrath that overwhelms the psalmist.

Lamentations 3:1 explicitly mentions affliction under the rod of God's wrath — a direct thematic match to the psalmist's experience.

Isaiah 51:20 describes people full of the LORD's wrath, lying helpless — directly parallel to being swept over by God's wrath.

Job 23:16 Parallel

Job 23:16 directly echoes the terror — God has made Job's heart faint and terrified him, just as the psalmist is destroyed by dreadful assaults.

Job 6:4 Parallel

Job 6:4 uses the same imagery of God's terrors and arrows attacking him, directly paralleling the psalmist's overwhelming experience.

Jeremiah 17:17 pleads for God not to be a terror, contrasting with the psalmist who experiences God as a terrifying destroyer.