Psalm 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.

Cross-reference

Psalm 88:16 Parallel

Psalm 88:16 continues the same lament of being overwhelmed by God's wrath — directly parallel to the despair in verse 5.

Psalm 88:12 Parallel

Psalm 88:12 asks about God's wonders in darkness and forgetfulness, reinforcing the same theme of death and being forgotten.

Psalm 31:22 Contrast

Psalm 31:22 expresses being cut off but then God heard — contrasting with Psalm 88:5's unrelieved sense of being cut off from God.

Psalm 136:23 declares God remembers us in low estate — contrasting with Psalm 88:5's lament that the dead are no longer remembered.

Psalm 31:12 Parallel

Psalm 31:12 says 'I am forgotten as though I were dead,' closely paralleling the psalmist's sense of being forgotten and cut off.

Isaiah 38:10-12 mirrors the psalmist's despair — Hezekiah laments being consigned to Sheol and cut off from the living.

Isaiah 53:8 Allusion

Isaiah 53:8 says the servant was 'cut off from the land of the living,' directly echoing the psalmist's language of being cut off and forgotten.

Ezekiel 32:18-32 describes the slain brought down to the pit — directly paralleling the psalmist's depiction of the dead in the grave.

Lamentations 3:6 says 'He has made me dwell in darkness like the dead of long ago,' echoing the psalmist's experience among the dead.

Jonah 2:3 Parallel

Jonah 2:3 describes being cast into the deep, surrounded by waters, a vivid image of being cut off and near death, similar to the psalmist's plight.

Genesis 8:1 Contrast

Genesis 8:1 shows God remembering Noah in the flood — contrasting with the psalmist's feeling of being forgotten among the dead.

Genesis 19:29 recounts God remembering Abraham to save Lot — contrasting with the psalmist's sense of being forgotten in the grave.

Isaiah 14:9-12 depicts the dead in Sheol and the fall of Babylon's king — echoing the psalmist's imagery of the slain in the grave.

Job 6:9 Parallel

In Job 6:9, Job also longs to be cut off by God, mirroring the psalmist's sense of abandonment among the dead.