Psalms Chapter 88 | KJV & Biblical Hebrew

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שִׁ֥יר מִזְמ֗וֹר לִ֫בְנֵ֥י קֹ֭רַח לַמְנַצֵּ֣חַ עַל מָחֲלַ֣ת לְעַנּ֑וֹת מַשְׂכִּ֥יל לְ֝הֵימָ֗ן הָאֶזְרָחִֽי׃

KJVA Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.

A Song. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.

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יְהוָ֗ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יְשׁוּעָתִ֑י יוֹם צָעַ֥קְתִּי בַ֝לַּ֗יְלָה נֶגְדֶּֽךָ׃

KJVO LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:

O LORD, God of my salvation; I cry out day and night before you.

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תָּב֣וֹא לְ֭פָנֶיךָ תְּפִלָּתִ֑י הַטֵּ֥ה אָ֝זְנְךָ֗ לְרִנָּתִֽי׃

KJVLet my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;

Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry!

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כִּֽי שָׂבְעָ֣ה בְרָע֣וֹת נַפְשִׁ֑י וְ֝חַיַּ֗י לִשְׁא֥וֹל הִגִּֽיעוּ׃

KJVFor my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.

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נֶחְשַׁ֗בְתִּי עִם יֽוֹרְדֵ֫י בֽ֥וֹר הָ֭יִיתִי כְּגֶ֣בֶר אֵין אֱיָ֑ל בַּ֝מֵּתִ֗ים חָפְשִֽׁי׃

KJVI am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am a man who has no strength,

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כְּמוֹ חֲלָלִ֗ים שֹׁ֣כְבֵי קֶ֭בֶר אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹ֣א זְכַרְתָּ֑ם ע֝֗וֹד וְהֵ֥מָּה מִיָּדְךָ֗ נִגְזָֽרוּ׃

KJVFree among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

like one set loose among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, like those whom you remember no more, for they are cut off from your hand.

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שַׁ֭תַּנִי בְּב֣וֹר תַּחְתִּיּ֑וֹת בְּ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים בִּמְצֹלֽוֹת׃

KJVThou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

You have put me in the depths of the pit, in the regions dark and deep.

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עָלַ֣י סָמְכָ֣ה חֲמָתֶ֑ךָ וְכָל מִ֝שְׁבָּרֶ֗יךָ עִנִּ֥יתָ סֶּֽלָה׃

KJVThy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah

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הִרְחַ֣קְתָּ מְּיֻדָּעַ֣י מִמֶּ֑נִּי שַׁ֘תַּ֤נִי תוֹעֵב֗וֹת לָ֗מוֹ כָּל֥וּא וְלֹ֣א אֵצֵ֣א׃

KJVThou 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.

You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape;

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עֵינִ֥י דָאֲבָ֥ה מִנִּ֑י עֹ֗נִי קָרָ֣אתִיךָ יְהוָ֣ה בְּכָל יֽוֹם שִׁטַּ֣חְתִּי אֵ֝לֶ֗יךָ כַּפָּֽי׃

KJVMine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

my eye grows dim through sorrow. Every day I call upon you, O LORD; I spread out my hands to you.

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הֲלַ֭מֵּתִים תַּעֲשֶׂה פֶּ֑לֶא אִם רְ֝פָאִ֗ים יָק֣וּמוּ יוֹד֣וּךָ סֶֽלָה׃

KJVWilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah

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הַ֭יְסֻפַּר בַּקֶּ֣בֶר חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ אֱ֝מוּנָתְךָ֗ בָּאֲבַדּֽוֹן׃

KJVShall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon?

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הֲ֭יִוָּדַע בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ פִּלְאֶ֑ךָ וְ֝צִדְקָתְךָ֗ בְּאֶ֥רֶץ נְשִׁיָּֽה׃

KJVShall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

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וַ֭אֲנִי אֵלֶ֣יךָ יְהוָ֣ה שִׁוַּ֑עְתִּי וּ֝בַבֹּ֗קֶר תְּפִלָּתִ֥י תְקַדְּמֶֽךָּ׃

KJVBut unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

But I, O LORD, cry to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you.

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לָ֭מָה יְהוָ֣ה תִּזְנַ֣ח נַפְשִׁ֑י תַּסְתִּ֥יר פָּ֝נֶ֗יךָ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃

KJVLORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

O LORD, why do you cast my soul away? Why do you hide your face from me?

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עָנִ֣י אֲ֭נִי וְגֹוֵ֣עַ מִנֹּ֑עַר נָשָׂ֥אתִי אֵ֝מֶיךָ אָפ֥וּנָה׃

KJVI am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.

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עָ֭לַי עָבְר֣וּ חֲרוֹנֶ֑יךָ בִּ֝עוּתֶ֗יךָ צִמְּת֥וּתֽוּנִי׃

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

Your wrath has swept over me; your dreadful assaults destroy me.

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אֲ֭פָפוּ עָלַ֣י כַּמַּ֑יִם כָּ֝ל הַ֗יּוֹם הִקִּ֥יפוּ עָלַ֥י יָֽחַד׃

KJVThey came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

They surround me like a flood all day long; they close in on me together.

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הִרְחַ֣קְתָּ מִמֶּ֣נִּי אֹהֵ֑ב וָרֵ֗֝עַ מְיֻדָּעַ֥י מַחְשָֽׁךְ׃

KJVLover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.

You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me; my companions have become darkness.

Psalms — Chapter 88