Psalms 88
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
2Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
3For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
4I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
5Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
7Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
8Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
9Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
10Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
11Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?
12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
14LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
16Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
17They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
18Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30684× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- מִןminH44804× in this chapter
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
- עַלʻalH59214× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- יָדַעyâdaʻH30453× in this chapter
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
- יוֹםyôwmH31173× in this chapter
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)
- כֹּלkôlH36053× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- לֹאlôʼH38082× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- אֵלʼêlH4132× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- מוּתmûwthH41912× in this chapter
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- מַחְשָׁךְmachshâkH42852× in this chapter
darkness; concretely, a dark place
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshH53152× in this chapter
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- סֶלָהçelâhH55422× in this chapter
suspension (of music), i.e. pause
- אֲנִיʼănîyH5892× in this chapter
I
- פֶּלֶאpeleʼH63822× in this chapter
a miracle
- פָּנִיםpânîymH64402× in this chapter
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
- קֶבֶרqeberH69132× in this chapter
a sepulchre
- רָחַקrâchaqH73682× in this chapter
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
- שִׁיתshîythH78962× in this chapter
to place (in a very wide application)
- תְּפִלָּהtᵉphillâhH86052× in this chapter
intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymn
- בּוֹרbôwrH9532× in this chapter
a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
- אֲבַדּוֹןʼăbaddôwnH111× in this chapter
abstract, a perishing; concrete, Hades
- בֵּןbênH11211× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- בִּעוּתִיםbiʻûwthîymH11611× in this chapter
alarms
- בֹּקֶרbôqerH12421× in this chapter
properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
- גֶּבֶרgeberH13971× in this chapter
properly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simply
- גָּוַעgâvaʻH14781× in this chapter
to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire
- גָּזַרgâzarH15041× in this chapter
to cut down or off; (figuratively) to destroy, divide, exclude, or decide
- אָהַבʼâhabH1571× in this chapter
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
- דָּאַבdâʼabH16691× in this chapter
to pine
- הָיָהhâyâhH19611× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- הֵימָןHêymânH19681× in this chapter
Heman, the name of at least two Israelites
- הֵםhêmH19921× in this chapter
they (only used when emphatic)
- זָכַרzâkarH21421× in this chapter
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
- זָנַחzânachH21861× in this chapter
reject, forsake, fail
- אֹזֶןʼôzenH2411× in this chapter
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
- חַיchayH24161× in this chapter
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
- חָלָלchâlâlH24911× in this chapter
pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
- אֶזְרָחִיʼEzrâchîyH2501× in this chapter
an Ezrachite or descendant of Zerach
- חֵמָהchêmâhH25341× in this chapter
heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
- חֵסֵדchêçêdH26171× in this chapter
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty