Psalms 88:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. {H5542}

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שַׁ֭תַּנִי בְּב֣וֹר תַּחְתִּיּ֑וֹת בְּ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים בִּמְצֹלֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

šattanî in-bôr taḥtiyyôt in-maḥăšakkîm in-məṣōlôt

Grammar Details

*šattanî*: verb, Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - you have put me
*bôr*: noun, masculine, singular - pit/cistern
*taḥtiyyôt*: noun, feminine, plural - lowest parts/depths
*maḥăšakkîm*: noun, masculine, plural - dark places/darkness
*məṣōlôt*: noun, feminine, plural - depths/deep places

Word Meanings

*šattanî*: you have put me/placed me/set me
*bôr*: pit/cistern/dungeon
*taḥtiyyôt*: lowest parts/depths/deepest regions
*maḥăšakkîm*: dark places/darkness/gloom
*məṣōlôt*: depths/deep places/ocean depths/abyss

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Ps 42:7 : 7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
Ps 90:7 : 7 For we are consumed in thine anger, And in thy wrath are we troubled.
Ps 102:10 : 10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: For thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.
Jonah 2:3 : 3 For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me; All thy waves and thy billows passed over me.
John 3:36 : 36 He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Rom 2:5-9 : 5 but after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up for thyself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 6 who will render to every man according to his works: 7 to them that by patience in {G18} well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life: 8 but unto them that are factious, and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness, [shall be] wrath and indignation, 9 tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that worketh evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek;
1 Pet 2:24 : 24 who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.
Rev 6:16-17 : 16 and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17 for the great day of their wrath is come; and who is able to stand?
Job 6:4 : 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
Job 10:16 : 16 And if [my head] exalt itself, thou huntest me as a lion; And again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me.
Ps 32:4 : 4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: My moisture was changed [as] with the drought of summer. {H5542}
Ps 38:1 : 1 A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

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Ps 88:14-17
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7Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
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8Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
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5For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:
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Ps 38:1-2
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75%
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Ps 32:4
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Ps 89:46
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Ps 88:3
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