Psalms 88:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction: I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah; I have spread forth my hands unto thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִרְחַ֥קְתָּ מְיֻדָּעַ֗י מִ֫מֶּ֥נִּי שַׁתַּ֣נִי תוֹעֵב֣וֹת לָ֑מוֹ כָּ֝לֻ֗א וְלֹ֣א אֵצֵֽא׃

Transliteration

hirḥaqtā məyuddāʿay from-me šattanî tôʿēvôt to-them kāluʾ and-not ʾēṣēʾ

Grammar Details

*hirḥaqtā*: verb, Hiphil perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you have removed far
*məyuddāʿay*: noun, masculine, plural with 1st person singular suffix - my acquaintances
*šattanî*: verb, Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - you have made me
*tôʿēvôt*: noun, feminine, plural - abominations/detestable things
*lāmô*: preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to them
*kāluʾ*: adjective or passive participle, Qal, masculine, singular - confined/shut up
*ʾēṣēʾ*: verb, Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I go out/escape

Word Meanings

*hirḥaqtā*: you have removed far/put far away/distanced
*məyuddāʿay*: my acquaintances/friends/those who know me
*šattanî*: you have made me/set me/placed me
*tôʿēvôt*: abominations/detestable things/horrors
*kāluʾ*: confined/shut up/imprisoned/restrained
*ʾēṣēʾ*: I go out/escape/come forth

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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

Job 11:13 : 13 If thou set thy heart aright, And stretch out thy hands toward him;
Ps 143:6 : 6 I spread forth my hands unto thee: My soul [thirsteth] after thee, as a weary land. {H5542}
Ps 86:3 : 3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord; For unto thee do I cry all the day long.
Ps 38:10 : 10 My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
Ps 42:3 : 3 My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
Ps 44:20 : 20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
Ps 55:17 : 17 Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan; And he will hear my voice.
Ps 68:31 : 31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall haste to stretch out her hands unto God.
Job 16:20 : 20 My friends scoff at me: [But] mine eye poureth out tears unto God,
Job 17:7 : 7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.
Ps 6:7 : 7 Mine eye wasteth away because of grief; It waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.
Ps 88:1 : 1 A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee.
Ps 102:9 : 9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping,
Lam 3:48-49 : 48 Mine eye runneth down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people. 49 Mine eye poureth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
Ezek 17:11 : 11 Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
John 11:35 : 35 Jesus wept.

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