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1 A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.
2 May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.
3 For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
4 I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.
5 I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care.
6 You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.
7 Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah
8 You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.
9 My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
10 Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah
11 Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon ?
12 Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
13 But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.
14 Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
15 From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
16 Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
17 All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.
18 You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.

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Hebrew interlinear — Psalms 88:1–18 (131 words)
1
  1. יְ֭הוָהyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  2. אֱלֹהֵ֣יʾĕlōhêelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
  3. יְשׁוּעָתִ֑יyĕšûʿātîyshuw`ah: something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliveranceH3444
  4. יוֹםyômyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  5. צָעַ֖קְתִּיṣāʿaqtîtsa`aq: to shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly)H6817
  6. בַלַּ֣יְלָהballaylâlayil: (properly) a twist (away of the light), i.e. nightH3915
  7. נֶגְדֶּֽךָ׃negdekāneged: a front, i.e. part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mateH5048
2
  1. תָּב֣וֹאtābôʾbow': to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)H935
  2. לְ֭פָנֶיךָlĕpānêkāpaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
  3. תְּפִלָּתִ֑יtĕpillātîtphillah: intercession, supplication; (by implication) a hymnH8605
  4. הַטֵּֽהhaṭṭēnatah: to stretch or spread out; (by implication) to bend away (including moral deflection)H5186
  5. אָ֝זְנְךָ֗ʾāzĕnkāozen: broadness; (concretely) the ear (from its form in man)H241
  6. לְרִנָּתִֽי׃lĕrinnātîrinnah: (properly) a creaking (or shrill sound), i.e. shout (of joy or grief)H7440
3
  1. כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. שָֽׂבְעָ֣הśābĕʿâsaba`: to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)H7646
  3. בְרָע֣וֹתbĕrāʿôtra`: bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)H7451
  4. נַפְשִׁ֑יnapšînephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
  5. וְחַיַּ֗יwĕḥayyaychay: alive; (hence) raw (flesh)H2416
  6. לִשְׁא֥וֹלlišʾôlsh'owl: Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmatesH7585
  7. הִגִּֽיעוּ׃higgîʿûnaga`: (properly) to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purposeH5060
4
  1. נֶ֭חְשַׁבְתִּיneḥšabtîchashab: (properly) to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) to fabricateH2803
  2. עִםʿim`im: adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applicationsH5973
  3. י֣וֹרְדֵיyôrĕdêyarad: to descend; (literally) to go downwardsH3381
  4. ב֑וֹרbôrbowr: a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)H953
  5. הָ֝יִ֗יתִיhāyîtîhayah: to exist; to be or becomeH1961
  6. כְּגֶ֣בֶרkĕgebergeber: (properly) a valiant man or warrior; (generally) a person simplyH1397
  7. אֵֽיןʾênayin: a non-entity; (generally) used as a negative particleH369
  8. אֱיָֽל׃ʾĕyāleyal: strengthH353
5
  1. בַּמֵּתִ֗יםbammētîmmuwth: (literally or figuratively) to die; (causatively) to killH4191
  2. חָ֫פְשִׁ֥יḥāpĕšîchophshiy: exempt (from bondage, tax or care)H2670
  3. כְּמ֤וֹkĕmôkmow: as, thus, soH3644
  4. חֲלָלִ֨ים׀ḥălālîmchalal: pierced (especially to death); (figuratively) pollutedH2491
  5. שֹׁ֥כְבֵיšōkĕbêshakab: to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)H7901
  6. קֶ֗בֶרqeberqeber,: a sepulchreH6913
  7. אֲשֶׁ֤רʾăšeraher: who, which, what, that; (as adverb) when, where, howH834
  8. לֹ֣אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  9. זְכַרְתָּ֣םzĕkartāmzakar: (properly) to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to rememberH2142
  10. ע֑וֹדʿôd`owd: (properly) iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly...H5750
  11. וְ֝הֵ֗מָּהwĕhēmmâhem: they (only used when emphatic)H1992
  12. מִיָּדְךָ֥miyyodkāyad: a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one)H3027
  13. נִגְזָֽרוּ׃nigzārûgazar: to cut down or off; (figuratively) to destroy, divide, exclude, or decideH1504
6
  1. שַׁ֭תַּנִיšattanîshiyth: to place (in a very wide application)H7896
  2. בְּב֣וֹרbĕbôrbowr: a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)H953
  3. תַּחְתִּיּ֑וֹתtaḥtiyyôttachtiy: lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)H8482
  4. בְּ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗יםbĕmaḥăšakkîmmachshak: darkness; (concretely) a dark placeH4285
  5. בִּמְצֹלֽוֹת׃bimṣōlôtmtsowlah: a deep place (of water or mud)H4688
7
  1. עָ֭לַיʿālay`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  2. סָמְכָ֣הsomkâcamak: to prop (literally or figuratively); reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable...H5564
  3. חֲמָתֶ֑ךָḥămātekāchemah: heat; (figuratively) anger, poison (from its fever)H2534
  4. וְכָלwĕkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  5. מִ֝שְׁבָּרֶ֗יךָmišbārêkāmishbar: a breaker (of the sea)H4867
  6. עִנִּ֥יתָʿinnîtā`anah: to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)H6031
  7. סֶּֽלָה׃selâcelah: suspension (of music), i.e. pauseH5542
8
  1. הִרְחַ֥קְתָּhirḥaqtārachaq: to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively...H7368
  2. מְיֻדָּעַ֗יmĕyuddāʿayyada`: to know; (properly) to ascertain by seeingH3045
  3. מִ֫מֶּ֥נִּיmimmennîmin: (properly) a part of; (hence, prepositionally) from or out of (in many senses)H4480
  4. שַׁתַּ֣נִיšattanîshiyth: to place (in a very wide application)H7896
  5. תוֹעֵב֣וֹתtôʿēbôttow`ebah: (properly) something disgusting; (morally, as noun) an abhorrenceH8441
  6. לָ֑מוֹlāmô
  7. כָּ֝לֻ֗אkāluʾkala': to restrict, by act (hold back or in) or word (prohibit)H3607
  8. וְלֹ֣אwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  9. אֵצֵֽא׃ʾēṣēʾyatsa': to go out; (causatively) to bring outH3318
9
  1. עֵינִ֥יʿênî`ayin: an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)H5869
  2. דָאֲבָ֗הdāʾăbâda'ab: to pineH1669
  3. מִנִּ֫יminnîmin: (properly) a part of; (hence, prepositionally) from or out of (in many senses)H4480
  4. עֹ֥נִיʿōnî`oniy: depression, i.e. miseryH6040
  5. קְרָאתִ֣יךָqĕrāʾtîkāqara': to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)H7121
  6. יְהוָ֣הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  7. בְּכָלbĕkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  8. י֑וֹםyômyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  9. שִׁטַּ֖חְתִּיšiṭṭaḥtîshatach: to expandH7849
  10. אֵלֶ֣יךָʾēlêkāel: (properly) denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or amongH413
  11. כַפָּֽי׃kappāykaph: the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the...H3709
10
  1. הֲלַמֵּתִ֥יםhălammētîmmuwth: (literally or figuratively) to die; (causatively) to killH4191
  2. תַּעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśe`asah: to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)H6213
  3. פֶּ֑לֶאpeleʾpele': a miracleH6382
  4. אִםʾimim: (used very widely as demonstrative) lo!; (interrogatively) whether?H518
  5. רְ֝פָאִ֗יםrĕpāʾîmrapha': (properly) lax, i.e. (figuratively) a ghost (as deadH7496
  6. יָק֤וּמוּ׀yāqûmûquwm: to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)H6965
  7. יוֹד֬וּךָyôdûkāyadah: (literally) to use (i.e. hold out) the handH3034
  8. סֶּֽלָה׃selâcelah: suspension (of music), i.e. pauseH5542
11
  1. הַיְסֻפַּ֣רhaysupparcaphar: (properly) to score with a mark as a tally or recordH5608
  2. בַּקֶּ֣בֶרbaqqeberqeber,: a sepulchreH6913
  3. חַסְדֶּ֑ךָḥasdekācheced: kindness; (by implication, towards God) pietyH2617
  4. אֱ֝מֽוּנָתְךָ֗ʾĕmûnotkāemuwnah: literally firmness; figuratively securityH530
  5. בָּאֲבַדּֽוֹן׃bāʾăbaddônabaddown: (abstractly) a perishing; (concretely) HadesH11
12
  1. הֲיִוָּדַ֣עhăyiwwādaʿyada`: to know; (properly) to ascertain by seeingH3045
  2. בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְbaḥōšekchoshek: the dark; hence (literally) darknessH2822
  3. פִּלְאֶ֑ךָpilʾekāpele': a miracleH6382
  4. וְ֝צִדְקָתְךָ֗wĕṣidqotkātsdaqah: rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively...H6666
  5. בְּאֶ֣רֶץbĕʾereṣerets: the earth (at large, or partitively a land)H776
  6. נְשִׁיָּֽה׃nĕšiyyânshiyah: oblivionH5388
13
  1. וַאֲנִ֤י׀waʾănîaniy: IH589
  2. אֵלֶ֣יךָʾēlêkāel: (properly) denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or amongH413
  3. יְהוָ֣הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  4. שִׁוַּ֑עְתִּיšiwwaʿtîshava`: (properly) to be free; but used only causatively and reflexively, to halloo (for help, i.e. freedom from some...H7768
  5. וּ֝בַבֹּ֗קֶרûbabbōqerboqer: (properly) dawn (as the break of day); (generally) morningH1242
  6. תְּֽפִלָּתִ֥יtĕpillātîtphillah: intercession, supplication; (by implication) a hymnH8605
  7. תְקַדְּמֶֽךָּ׃tĕqaddĕmekkāqadam: to project (one self), i.e. precede; (hence) to anticipate, hasten, meet (usually for help)H6923
14
  1. לָמָ֣הlāmâmah: (properly, interrogative) what? (including how? why? when?)H4100
  2. יְ֭הוָהyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  3. תִּזְנַ֣חtiznaḥzanach: cast away (off), remove far away (off)H2186
  4. נַפְשִׁ֑יnapšînephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
  5. תַּסְתִּ֖ירtastîrcathar: to hide (by covering), literally or figurativelyH5641
  6. פָּנֶ֣יךָpānêkāpaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
  7. מִמֶּֽנִּי׃mimmennîmin: (properly) a part of; (hence, prepositionally) from or out of (in many senses)H4480
15
  1. עָ֘נִ֤יʿānî`aniy: depressed, in mind or circumstances (practically the same as H6035, although the margin constantly disputes...H6041
  2. אֲנִ֣יʾănîaniy: IH589
  3. וְגוֵֹ֣עַwĕgôēaʿgava`: to breathe out; (by implication) expireH1478
  4. מִנֹּ֑עַרminnōʿarno`ar: (abstractly) boyhoodH5290
  5. נָשָׂ֖אתִיnāśāʾtînasa': to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)H5375
  6. אֵמֶ֣יךָʾēmêkāeymah: fright; (concretely) an idol (as a bugbear)H367
  7. אָפֽוּנָה׃ʾāpûnâpuwn: be distractedH6323
16
  1. עָ֭לַיʿālay`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  2. עָבְר֣וּʿobrû`abar: to cross overH5674
  3. חֲרוֹנֶ֑יךָḥărônêkācharown: a burning of angerH2740
  4. בִּ֝עוּתֶ֗יךָbiʿûtêkābi`uwthiym: alarmsH1161
  5. צִמְּתוּתֻֽנִי׃ṣimmĕtûtunîtsamath: to extirpate (literally or figuratively)H6789
17
  1. סַבּ֣וּנִיsabbûnîcabab: to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively (as follows)H5437
  2. כַ֭מַּיִםkammayimmayim: water; (figuratively) juiceH4325
  3. כָּלkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  4. הַיּ֑וֹםhayyômyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  5. הִקִּ֖יפוּhiqqîpûnaqaph: to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode)H5362
  6. עָלַ֣יʿālay`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  7. יָֽחַד׃yāḥadyachad: (properly) a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedlyH3162
18
  1. הִרְחַ֣קְתָּhirḥaqtārachaq: to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively...H7368
  2. מִ֭מֶּנִּיmimmennîmin: (properly) a part of; (hence, prepositionally) from or out of (in many senses)H4480
  3. אֹהֵ֣בʾōhēbahab: to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)H157
  4. וָרֵ֑עַwārēaʿrea`: an associate (more or less close)H7453
  5. מְֽיֻדָּעַ֥יmĕyuddāʿayyada`: to know; (properly) to ascertain by seeingH3045
  6. מַחְשָֽׁךְ׃maḥšākmachshak: darkness; (concretely) a dark placeH4285

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Strong's words in Psalms 88 (6)
Strong's H3068 — יְ֭הוָה (yĕhwâ)
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') n/p. 1. (the) self-Existent or Eternal 2. Jehovah, Jewish national name of God [from H1961] KJV: Jehovah, the Lord. Root(s): H1961 Compare: H3050, H3069. Appears 4 times in Psalms 88.
Strong's H3045 — מְיֻדָּעַ֗י (mĕyuddāʿay)
yada` (yaw-dah') v. 1. to know 2. (properly) to ascertain by seeing 3. used in a great variety of senses 4. figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition 5. and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow) [a primitive root] KJV: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.. Appears 3 times in Psalms 88.
Strong's H3117 — יוֹם (yôm)
yowm (yome) n-m. 1. a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) [from an unused root meaning to be hot] KJV: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.. Appears 3 times in Psalms 88.
Strong's H3605 — וְכָל (wĕkāl)
kol (kole) (or (Jer. 33) n-m. 1. (properly) the whole 2. (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) [from H3634] KJV: (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-)thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever). Root(s): H3634. Appears 3 times in Psalms 88.
Strong's H4191 — בַּמֵּתִ֗ים (bammētîm)
muwth (mooth) v. 1. (literally or figuratively) to die 2. (causatively) to kill [a primitive root] KJV: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.. Appears 2 times in Psalms 88.
Strong's H4285 — בְּ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים (bĕmaḥăšakkîm)
machshak (makh-shawk') n-m. 1. darkness 2. (concretely) a dark place [from H2821] KJV: dark(-ness, place). Root(s): H2821. Appears 2 times in Psalms 88.

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