Psalms 88:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou hast laid{H8804)} me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בַּמֵּתִ֗ים חָ֫פְשִׁ֥י כְּמ֤וֹ חֲלָלִ֨ים ׀ שֹׁ֥כְבֵי קֶ֗בֶר אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹ֣א זְכַרְתָּ֣ם ע֑וֹד וְ֝הֵ֗מָּה מִיָּדְךָ֥ נִגְזָֽרוּ׃

Transliteration

Among-the-mētîm ḥāpšî like ḥălālîm šōkəvê qever who not zəkartām again and-hēmmâ from-yādəkā nigzārû

Grammar Details

*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

Word Meanings

*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

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 69:15 : 15 Let not the waterflood overflow{H8799)} me, neither let the deep swallow me up{H8799)}, and let not the pit shut{H8799)} her mouth upon me.
Ps 143:3 : 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
Ps 86:13 : 13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered{H8689)} my soul from the lowest hell.
Ps 130:1 : 1 A Song of degrees. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
Deut 32:22 : 22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Ps 40:2 : 2 He brought me up{H8686)} also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set{H8686)} my feet upon a rock, and established{H8790)} my goings.
Prov 4:19 : 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Lam 3:2 : 2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
Lam 3:55 : 55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
John 12:46 : 46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
Jude 1:6 : 6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
Jude 1:13 : 13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Ps 88:3-5
3 verses
81%
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:
5Free among the dead{H8801)}, like the slain that lie{H8802)} in the grave, whom thou rememberest{H8804)} no more: and they are cut off{H8738)} from thy hand.
Ps 88:7-8
2 verses
80%
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)}.
Lam 3:6
80%
6He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
Ps 143:3-4
2 verses
79%
3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
Jonah 2:3-6
4 verses
79%
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.
4Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
5The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
Ps 30:3
76%
3O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
Lam 3:55
76%
55I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
Ps 88:14-16
3 verses
76%
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)}.
16Thy fierce wrath goeth over{H8804)} me; thy terrors have cut me off{H8768)}.
Ps 86:13
75%
13For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered{H8689)} my soul from the lowest hell.
Ps 42:7
75%
7Deep calleth{H8802)} unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone{H8804)} over me.
Ps 69:2
75%
2I sink{H8804)} in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come{H8804)} into deep waters, where the floods overflow{H8804)} me.
Ps 130:1
75%
1A Song of degrees. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
2 Sam 22:6
75%
6The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
Ps 57:6
74%
6They have prepared{H8689)} a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down{H8804)}: they have digged{H8804)} a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen{H8804)} themselves. Selah.
Lam 3:2
74%
2He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
Isa 14:15
74%
15Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
Ps 71:20
74%
20Thou, which hast shewed{H8689)} me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken{H8762)} me again{H8799)}, and shalt bring me up{H8686)} again{H8799)} from the depths of the earth.
Lam 3:53
74%
53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
Ps 18:5
74%
5The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
Job 17:13
73%
13If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
Ps 102:10
73%
10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
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 143:7
73%
7Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Ps 139:8
73%
8If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
Ps 63:9
73%
9But those that seek{H8762)} my soul, to destroy it, shall go{H8799)} into the lower parts of the earth.
Job 30:19
73%
19He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
Ps 28:1
73%
1A Psalm of David. Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Ps 88:11-12
2 verses
73%
11Shall thy lovingkindness be declared{H8792)} in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?
12Shall thy wonders be known{H8735)} in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Isa 38:17-18
2 verses
73%
17Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
18For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
Job 14:13
72%
13O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
Ps 88:18
72%
18Lover{H8802)} and friend hast thou put far{H8689)} from me, and mine acquaintance{H8794)} into darkness.
Ps 69:14-15
2 verses
72%
14Deliver{H8685)} me out of the mire, and let me not sink{H8799)}: let me be delivered{H8735)} from them that hate{H8802)} me, and out of the deep waters.
15Let not the waterflood overflow{H8799)} me, neither let the deep swallow me up{H8799)}, and let not the pit shut{H8799)} her mouth upon me.
Job 38:16
72%
16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
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 40:2
72%
2He brought me up{H8686)} also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set{H8686)} my feet upon a rock, and established{H8790)} my goings.
Ps 73:18
71%
18Surely thou didst set{H8799)} them in slippery places: thou castedst them down{H8689)} into destruction.
Ezek 28:8
71%
8They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.
Ps 142:3
71%
3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.