Psalms 88:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thy fierce wrath goeth over{H8804)} me; thy terrors have cut me off{H8768)}.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עָ֘נִ֤י אֲנִ֣י וְגֹוֵ֣עַ מִנֹּ֑עַר נָשָׂ֖אתִי אֵמֶ֣יךָ אָפֽוּנָה׃

Transliteration

ʿānî I and-gôvēaʿ from-nōʿar nāśāʾtî ʾēmêkā ʾāpûnâ

Grammar Details

*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

Word Meanings

*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

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
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Referenced Verses

Ps 38:1-2 : 1 A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke{H8686)} me not in thy wrath: neither chasten{H8762)} me in thy hot displeasure. 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore{H8799)}.
Ps 89:46 : 46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide{H8735)} thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn{H8799)} like fire?
Ps 90:7 : 7 For we are consumed{H8804)} by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled{H8738)}.
Ps 90:11 : 11 Who knoweth{H8802)} the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
Ps 102:10 : 10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
Isa 53:4-6 : 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Isa 53:8 : 8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
Dan 9:26 : 26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Rom 8:32 : 32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
Gal 3:13 : 13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
Rev 6:17 : 17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 88:14-15
2 verses
86%
14LORD, why castest thou off{H8799)} my soul? why hidest{H8686)} thou thy face from me?
15I am afflicted and ready to die{H8802)} from my youth up: while I suffer{H8804)} thy terrors I am distracted{H8799)}.
Ps 88:6-8
3 verses
83%
6Thou hast laid{H8804)} me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
7Thy wrath lieth hard{H8804)} upon me, and thou hast afflicted{H8765)} me with all thy waves. Selah.
8Thou hast put away mine acquaintance{H8794)} far{H8689)} from me; thou hast made{H8804)} me an abomination unto them: I am shut up{H8803)}, and I cannot come forth{H8799)}.
Ps 55:4-5
2 verses
79%
4My heart is sore pained{H8799)} within me: and the terrors of death are fallen{H8804)} upon me.
5Fearfulness and trembling are come{H8799)} upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed{H8762)} me.
Job 30:14-16
3 verses
77%
14They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.
15Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
16And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
Ps 88:17
77%
17They came round about{H8804)} me daily like water; they compassed{H8689)} me about together.
Ps 39:10
76%
10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed{H8804)} by the blow of thine hand.
Ps 18:4-5
2 verses
75%
4The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
5The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
Ps 38:1-2
2 verses
75%
1A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke{H8686)} me not in thy wrath: neither chasten{H8762)} me in thy hot displeasure.
2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore{H8799)}.
Ps 90:7
75%
7For we are consumed{H8804)} by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled{H8738)}.
Lam 3:53-54
2 verses
75%
53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
54Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
Ps 88:3-4
2 verses
74%
3For my soul is full{H8804)} of troubles: and my life draweth nigh{H8689)} unto the grave.
4I am counted{H8738)} with them that go down{H8802)} into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
Ps 102:10
74%
10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
Isa 38:12
74%
12Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
Job 16:13
74%
13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
2 Sam 22:5-6
2 verses
74%
5When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
6The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
Ps 31:22
73%
22For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
Lam 3:11
73%
11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
Ps 143:4
73%
4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
Ps 116:3
73%
3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Ps 40:12
73%
12For innumerable evils have compassed{H8804)} me about: mine iniquities have taken hold{H8689)} upon me, so that I am not able{H8804)} to look up{H8800)}; they are more{H8804)} than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth{H8804)} me.
Job 16:8-9
2 verses
73%
8And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
9He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
Jonah 2:3
73%
3For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
Job 6:4
72%
4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
Ps 119:53
72%
53Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
Job 30:21
72%
21Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
Job 13:21
72%
21Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
Ps 22:15
72%
15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Ps 42:7
72%
7Deep calleth{H8802)} unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone{H8804)} over me.
Ps 89:46
72%
46How long, LORD? wilt thou hide{H8735)} thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn{H8799)} like fire?
Job 3:25
72%
25For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
Isa 38:10
72%
10I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
Lam 3:17
71%
17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
Ps 38:4
71%
4For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy{H8799)} for me.
Job 17:1
71%
1My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
Ps 118:18
71%
18The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
Job 9:28
71%
28I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
Ps 73:19
71%
19How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly{H8804)} consumed{H8804)} with terrors.
Lam 1:14
71%
14The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.