Ps 88:3-9 : 3 {
"verseID": "Psalms.88.3",
"source": "תָּב֣וֹא לְ֭פָנֶיךָ תְּפִלָּתִ֑י הַטֵּֽה־אָ֝זְנְךָ֗ לְרִנָּתִֽי׃",
"text": "*tāvôʾ* before-*pānêkā* *təpillātî* incline-*ʾoznəkā* to-*rinnātî*",
"grammar": {
"*tāvôʾ*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - may it come/enter",
"*pānêkā*": "noun, masculine, plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your face/presence",
"*təpillātî*": "noun, feminine, singular with 1st person singular suffix - my prayer",
"*haṭṭêh*": "verb, Hiphil imperative, masculine singular - incline/turn",
"*ʾoznəkā*": "noun, feminine, singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your ear",
"*rinnātî*": "noun, feminine, singular with 1st person singular suffix - my cry/shout"
},
"variants": {
"*tāvôʾ*": "may it come/enter/approach",
"*pānêkā*": "your face/presence/before you",
"*təpillātî*": "my prayer/supplication",
"*rinnātî*": "my cry/shout/ringing cry/song"
}
}
4 {
"verseID": "Psalms.88.4",
"source": "כִּֽי־שָֽׂבְעָ֣ה בְרָע֣וֹת נַפְשִׁ֑י וְ֝חַיַּ֗י לִשְׁא֥וֹל הִגִּֽיעוּ׃",
"text": "For-*śāvəʿâ* with-*rāʿôt* *napšî* and-*ḥayyay* to-*šəʾôl* *higgîʿû*",
"grammar": {
"*śāvəʿâ*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - is full/satisfied",
"*rāʿôt*": "noun, feminine, plural - evils/troubles",
"*napšî*": "noun, feminine, singular with 1st person singular suffix - my soul",
"*ḥayyay*": "noun, masculine, plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my life",
"*šəʾôl*": "noun, feminine, singular - Sheol/grave/underworld",
"*higgîʿû*": "verb, Hiphil perfect, 3rd person plural - they have approached/reached"
},
"variants": {
"*śāvəʿâ*": "is full/satisfied/satiated/had enough",
"*rāʿôt*": "evils/troubles/calamities/distresses",
"*napšî*": "my soul/life/self/being",
"*šəʾôl*": "Sheol/grave/underworld/place of the dead",
"*higgîʿû*": "they have approached/reached/touched/arrived at"
}
}
5 {
"verseID": "Psalms.88.5",
"source": "נֶ֭חְשַׁבְתִּי עִם־י֣וֹרְדֵי ב֑וֹר הָ֝יִ֗יתִי כְּגֶ֣בֶר אֵֽין־אֱיָֽל׃",
"text": "*neḥšavtî* with-*yôrədê* *bôr* *hāyîtî* like-*gever* without-*ʾĕyāl*",
"grammar": {
"*neḥšavtî*": "verb, Niphal perfect, 1st person singular - I am considered/counted",
"*yôrədê*": "participle, Qal, masculine, plural construct - those going down to",
"*bôr*": "noun, masculine, singular - pit/cistern/grave",
"*hāyîtî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have become/been",
"*gever*": "noun, masculine, singular - man/strong man",
"*ʾĕyāl*": "noun, masculine, singular - strength/help"
},
"variants": {
"*neḥšavtî*": "I am considered/counted/reckoned/regarded as",
"*yôrədê*": "those going down to/descending to",
"*bôr*": "pit/cistern/grave/dungeon",
"*gever*": "man/strong man/warrior/male",
"*ʾĕyāl*": "strength/help/vigor/power"
}
}
6 {
"verseID": "Psalms.88.6",
"source": "בַּמֵּתִ֗ים חָ֫פְשִׁ֥י כְּמ֤וֹ חֲלָלִ֨ים ׀ שֹׁ֥כְבֵי קֶ֗בֶר אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹ֣א זְכַרְתָּ֣ם ע֑וֹד וְ֝הֵ֗מָּה מִיָּדְךָ֥ נִגְזָֽרוּ׃",
"text": "Among-the-*mētîm* *ḥāpšî* like *ḥălālîm* *šōkəvê* *qever* who not *zəkartām* again and-*hēmmâ* from-*yādəkā* *nigzārû*",
"grammar": {
"*mētîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - dead ones",
"*ḥāpšî*": "adjective, masculine, singular - free/set free",
"*ḥălālîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - slain/wounded/pierced",
"*šōkəvê*": "participle, Qal, masculine, plural construct - lying in",
"*qever*": "noun, masculine, singular - grave/tomb",
"*zəkartām*": "verb, Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - you remember them",
"*hēmmâ*": "pronoun, 3rd person masculine plural - they",
"*yādəkā*": "noun, feminine, singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your hand",
"*nigzārû*": "verb, Niphal perfect, 3rd person plural - they are cut off"
},
"variants": {
"*mētîm*": "dead ones/dead people/corpses",
"*ḥāpšî*": "free/set free/released/abandoned",
"*ḥălālîm*": "slain/wounded/pierced/profaned",
"*šōkəvê*": "lying in/resting in",
"*qever*": "grave/tomb/burial place",
"*nigzārû*": "they are cut off/severed/excluded"
}
}
7 {
"verseID": "Psalms.88.7",
"source": "שַׁ֭תַּנִי בְּב֣וֹר תַּחְתִּיּ֑וֹת בְּ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים בִּמְצֹלֽוֹת׃",
"text": "*šattanî* in-*bôr* *taḥtiyyôt* in-*maḥăšakkîm* in-*məṣōlôt*",
"grammar": {
"*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"
},
"variants": {
"*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"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "Psalms.88.8",
"source": "עָ֭לַי סָמְכָ֣ה חֲמָתֶ֑ךָ וְכָל־מִ֝שְׁבָּרֶ֗יךָ עִנִּ֥יתָ סֶּֽלָה׃",
"text": "Upon-me *sāməkâ* *ḥămātekā* and-all-*mišbārêkā* *ʿinnîtā* *selâ*",
"grammar": {
"*sāməkâ*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - rests/lies heavily",
"*ḥămātekā*": "noun, feminine, singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your wrath",
"*mišbārêkā*": "noun, masculine, plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your waves/breakers",
"*ʿinnîtā*": "verb, Piel perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you have afflicted",
"*selâ*": "musical notation or liturgical direction"
},
"variants": {
"*sāməkâ*": "rests/lies heavily/presses/weighs down",
"*ḥămātekā*": "your wrath/fury/rage/burning anger",
"*mišbārêkā*": "your waves/breakers/billows",
"*ʿinnîtā*": "you have afflicted/humbled/oppressed",
"*selâ*": "musical notation, possibly indicating pause or emphasis"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "Psalms.88.9",
"source": "הִרְחַ֥קְתָּ מְיֻדָּעַ֗י מִ֫מֶּ֥נִּי שַׁתַּ֣נִי תוֹעֵב֣וֹת לָ֑מוֹ כָּ֝לֻ֗א וְלֹ֣א אֵצֵֽא׃",
"text": "*hirḥaqtā* *məyuddāʿay* from-me *šattanî* *tôʿēvôt* to-them *kāluʾ* and-not *ʾēṣēʾ*",
"grammar": {
"*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"
},
"variants": {
"*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"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "Psalms.88.10",
"source": "עֵינִ֥י דָאֲבָ֗ה מִנִּ֫י עֹ֥נִי קְרָאתִ֣יךָ יְהוָ֣ה בְּכָל־י֑וֹם שִׁטַּ֖חְתִּי אֵלֶ֣יךָ כַפָּֽי׃",
"text": "*ʿênî* *dāʾăvâ* from *ʿōnî* *qərāʾtîkā* *YHWH* in-all-day *šiṭṭaḥtî* to-you *kappāy*",
"grammar": {
"*ʿênî*": "noun, feminine, singular with 1st person singular suffix - my eye",
"*dāʾăvâ*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - wastes away/languishes",
"*ʿōnî*": "noun, masculine, singular - affliction/misery",
"*qərāʾtîkā*": "verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - I call you",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD",
"*šiṭṭaḥtî*": "verb, Piel perfect, 1st person singular - I spread out/stretch out",
"*kappāy*": "noun, feminine, dual with 1st person singular suffix - my palms/hands"
},
"variants": {
"*dāʾăvâ*": "wastes away/languishes/grows dim/fails",
"*ʿōnî*": "affliction/misery/poverty/distress",
"*qərāʾtîkā*": "I call you/cry out to you/invoke you",
"*šiṭṭaḥtî*": "I spread out/stretch out/extend"
}
}
11 {
"verseID": "Psalms.88.11",
"source": "הֲלַמֵּתִ֥ים תַּעֲשֶׂה־פֶּ֑לֶא אִם־רְ֝פָאִ֗ים יָק֤וּמוּ ׀ יוֹד֬וּךָ סֶּֽלָה׃",
"text": "To-the-*mētîm* *taʿăśeh*-*peleʾ* if-*rəpāʾîm* *yāqûmû* *yôdûkā* *selâ*",
"grammar": {
"*mētîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - dead ones",
"*taʿăśeh*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will do/make",
"*peleʾ*": "noun, masculine, singular - wonder/miracle",
"*rəpāʾîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - shades/departed spirits/dead",
"*yāqûmû*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will arise/stand",
"*yôdûkā*": "verb, Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - they will praise you",
"*selâ*": "musical notation or liturgical direction"
},
"variants": {
"*mētîm*": "dead ones/dead people/corpses",
"*peleʾ*": "wonder/miracle/marvelous thing",
"*rəpāʾîm*": "shades/departed spirits/ghosts/the dead",
"*yāqûmû*": "they will arise/stand/rise up",
"*yôdûkā*": "they will praise you/thank you/acknowledge you"
}
}
12 {
"verseID": "Psalms.88.12",
"source": "הַיְסֻפַּ֣ר בַּקֶּ֣בֶר חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ אֱ֝מֽוּנָתְךָ֗ בָּאֲבַדּֽוֹן׃",
"text": "?-*yəsuppar* in-the-*qever* *ḥasdekā* *ʾĕmûnātəkā* in-*ʾăvaddôn*",
"grammar": {
"*yəsuppar*": "verb, Pual imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will be declared/told",
"*qever*": "noun, masculine, singular - grave/tomb",
"*ḥasdekā*": "noun, masculine, singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your lovingkindness",
"*ʾĕmûnātəkā*": "noun, feminine, singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your faithfulness",
"*ʾăvaddôn*": "noun, masculine, singular - destruction/Abaddon"
},
"variants": {
"*yəsuppar*": "it will be declared/told/recounted/made known",
"*qever*": "grave/tomb/burial place",
"*ḥasdekā*": "your lovingkindness/steadfast love/mercy/covenant loyalty",
"*ʾĕmûnātəkā*": "your faithfulness/trustworthiness/firmness",
"*ʾăvaddôn*": "destruction/Abaddon/place of ruin/place of destruction"
}
}
13 {
"verseID": "Psalms.88.13",
"source": "הֲיִוָּדַ֣ע בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ פִּלְאֶ֑ךָ וְ֝צִדְקָ[t]תְךָ֗ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ נְשִׁיָּֽה׃",
"text": "?-*yiwwādaʿ* in-the-*ḥōšek* *pilʾekā* and-*ṣidqātəkā* in-*ʾereṣ* *nəšiyyâ*",
"grammar": {
"*yiwwādaʿ*": "verb, Niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will be known",
"*ḥōšek*": "noun, masculine, singular - darkness",
"*pilʾekā*": "noun, masculine, singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your wonder",
"*ṣidqātəkā*": "noun, feminine, singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your righteousness",
"*ʾereṣ*": "noun, feminine, singular - land/earth",
"*nəšiyyâ*": "noun, feminine, singular - forgetfulness/oblivion"
},
"variants": {
"*yiwwādaʿ*": "it will be known/made known/recognized",
"*ḥōšek*": "darkness/obscurity/gloom",
"*pilʾekā*": "your wonder/marvelous work/miracle",
"*ṣidqātəkā*": "your righteousness/justice/righteous acts",
"*nəšiyyâ*": "forgetfulness/oblivion/land of forgetfulness"
}
}
14 {
"verseID": "Psalms.88.14",
"source": "וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ אֵלֶ֣יךָ יְהוָ֣ה שִׁוַּ֑עְתִּי וּ֝בַבֹּ֗קֶר תְּֽפִלָּתִ֥י תְקַדְּמֶֽךָּ׃",
"text": "But-I to-you *YHWH* *šiwwaʿtî* and-in-the-*bōqer* *təpillātî* *təqaddəmekkā*",
"grammar": {
"*YHWH*": "proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD",
"*šiwwaʿtî*": "verb, Piel perfect, 1st person singular - I cry out",
"*bōqer*": "noun, masculine, singular - morning",
"*təpillātî*": "noun, feminine, singular with 1st person singular suffix - my prayer",
"*təqaddəmekkā*": "verb, Piel imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - it comes before you"
},
"variants": {
"*šiwwaʿtî*": "I cry out/call for help/implore",
"*bōqer*": "morning/daybreak/dawn",
"*təqaddəmekkā*": "it comes before you/meets you/confronts you/comes to you"
}
}
15 {
"verseID": "Psalms.88.15",
"source": "לָמָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה תִּזְנַ֣ח נַפְשִׁ֑י תַּסְתִּ֖יר פָּנֶ֣יךָ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃",
"text": "Why *YHWH* *tiznaḥ* *napšî* *tastîr* *pānêkā* from-me",
"grammar": {
"*YHWH*": "proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD",
"*tiznaḥ*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you reject",
"*napšî*": "noun, feminine, singular with 1st person singular suffix - my soul",
"*tastîr*": "verb, Hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you hide",
"*pānêkā*": "noun, masculine, plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your face"
},
"variants": {
"*tiznaḥ*": "you reject/cast off/spurn",
"*napšî*": "my soul/life/self/being",
"*tastîr*": "you hide/conceal",
"*pānêkā*": "your face/presence/countenance"
}
}
16 {
"verseID": "Psalms.88.16",
"source": "עָ֘נִ֤י אֲנִ֣י וְגֹוֵ֣עַ מִנֹּ֑עַר נָשָׂ֖אתִי אֵמֶ֣יךָ אָפֽוּנָה׃",
"text": "*ʿānî* I and-*gôvēaʿ* from-*nōʿar* *nāśāʾtî* *ʾēmêkā* *ʾāpûnâ*",
"grammar": {
"*ʿānî*": "adjective, masculine, singular - afflicted/poor",
"*gôvēaʿ*": "participle, Qal, masculine, singular - dying/expiring",
"*nōʿar*": "noun, masculine, singular - youth",
"*nāśāʾtî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have borne/carried",
"*ʾēmêkā*": "noun, masculine, plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your terrors",
"*ʾāpûnâ*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 1st person singular cohortative - I am distracted/helpless"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿānî*": "afflicted/poor/humble/wretched",
"*gôvēaʿ*": "dying/expiring/perishing",
"*nōʿar*": "youth/childhood/young age",
"*nāśāʾtî*": "I have borne/carried/endured/suffered",
"*ʾēmêkā*": "your terrors/threats/horrors",
"*ʾāpûnâ*": "I am distracted/helpless/benumbed/desperate"
}
}
17 {
"verseID": "Psalms.88.17",
"source": "עָ֭לַי עָבְר֣וּ חֲרוֹנֶ֑יךָ בִּ֝עוּתֶ֗יךָ צִמְּתוּתֻֽנִי׃",
"text": "Over-me *ʿāvərû* *ḥărônêkā* *biʿûtêkā* *ṣimmətûtunî*",
"grammar": {
"*ʿāvərû*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they pass over",
"*ḥărônêkā*": "noun, masculine, plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your burning angers",
"*biʿûtêkā*": "noun, masculine, plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your terrors",
"*ṣimmətûtunî*": "verb, Piel perfect, 3rd person plural with 1st person singular suffix - they have destroyed me"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿāvərû*": "they pass over/sweep over/overwhelm",
"*ḥărônêkā*": "your burning angers/fierce wrath/indignations",
"*biʿûtêkā*": "your terrors/alarms/horrors",
"*ṣimmətûtunî*": "they have destroyed me/cut me off/overwhelmed me/silenced me"
}
}
18 {
"verseID": "Psalms.88.18",
"source": "סַבּ֣וּנִי כַ֭מַּיִם כָּל־הַיּ֑וֹם הִקִּ֖יפוּ עָלַ֣י יָֽחַד׃",
"text": "*sabbûnî* like-the-*mayim* all-the-day *hiqqîpû* upon-me *yāḥad*",
"grammar": {
"*sabbûnî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person plural with 1st person singular suffix - they surround me",
"*mayim*": "noun, masculine, plural - waters",
"*hiqqîpû*": "verb, Hiphil perfect, 3rd person plural - they encircle",
"*yāḥad*": "adverb - together/all at once"
},
"variants": {
"*sabbûnî*": "they surround me/encircle me/encompass me",
"*mayim*": "waters/floods",
"*hiqqîpû*": "they encircle/surround/close in",
"*yāḥad*": "together/all at once/completely"
}
}