Psalms 88:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Mine eye mourneth{H8804)} by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called{H8804)} daily upon thee, I have stretched out{H8765)} 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 11:13 : 13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
Ps 143:6 : 6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
Ps 86:3 : 3 Be merciful{H8798)} unto me, O Lord: for I cry{H8799)} unto thee daily.
Ps 38:10 : 10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth{H8804)} me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
Ps 42:3 : 3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say{H8800)} unto me, Where is thy God?
Ps 44:20 : 20 If we have forgotten{H8804)} the name of our God, or stretched out{H8799)} our hands to a strange{H8801)} god;
Ps 55:17 : 17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray{H8799)}, and cry aloud{H8799)}: and he shall hear{H8799)} my voice.
Ps 68:31 : 31 Princes shall come out{H8799)} of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out{H8686)} her hands unto God.
Job 16:20 : 20 My friends scorn 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 is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
Ps 88:1 : 1 A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician{H8764)} upon Mahalath Leannoth{H8763)}, Maschil{H8688)} of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried{H8804)} 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 rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people. 49 Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
Ezek 17:11 : 11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
John 11:35 : 35 Jesus wept.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Ps 88:1-3
3 verses
79%
1A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician{H8764)} upon Mahalath Leannoth{H8763)}, Maschil{H8688)} of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried{H8804)} day and night before thee:
2Let my prayer come{H8799)} before thee: incline{H8685)} thine ear unto my cry;
3For my soul is full{H8804)} of troubles: and my life draweth nigh{H8689)} unto the grave.
Ps 88:7-8
2 verses
78%
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 31:9-10
2 verses
77%
9Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
10For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
Ps 88:13-15
3 verses
76%
13But unto thee have I cried{H8765)}, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent{H8762)} thee.
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 6:7
76%
7Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
Job 17:7
75%
7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
Ps 86:3
75%
3Be merciful{H8798)} unto me, O Lord: for I cry{H8799)} unto thee daily.
Ps 25:15-16
2 verses
75%
15Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
16Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
Ps 143:6
75%
6I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
Ps 30:8
74%
8I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication.
Ps 69:3
74%
3I am weary{H8804)} of my crying{H8800)}: my throat is dried{H8738)}: mine eyes fail{H8804)} while I wait{H8764)} for my God.
Ps 77:2
74%
2In the day of my trouble I sought{H8804)} the Lord: my sore ran{H8738)} in the night, and ceased{H8799)} not: my soul refused{H8765)} to be comforted{H8736)}.
Ps 38:6
74%
6I am troubled; I am bowed down{H8804)} greatly; I go{H8765)} mourning{H8802)} all the day long.
Ps 28:1-2
2 verses
74%
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.
2Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
Job 16:16
73%
16My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
Ps 141:1
73%
1A Psalm of David. LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
Ps 119:82
73%
82Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
Ps 38:8-10
3 verses
73%
8I am feeble and sore broken{H8738)}: I have roared{H8804)} by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
9Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
10My heart panteth, my strength faileth{H8804)} me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
Ps 9:13
73%
13Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
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 1:20-22
3 verses
72%
20Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
21They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.
22Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.
Ps 42:9
72%
9I will say{H8799)} unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten{H8804)} me? why go{H8799)} I mourning{H8802)} because of the oppression of the enemy{H8802)}?
Ps 42:3
72%
3My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say{H8800)} unto me, Where is thy God?
Ps 141:8
72%
8But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
Isa 38:14
72%
14Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
Lam 1:16
71%
16For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
Ps 22:2
71%
2O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
Job 16:20
71%
20My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
Ps 17:6
71%
6I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
Ps 142:1
71%
1Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave. I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
Ps 77:4
71%
4Thou holdest{H8804)} mine eyes waking: I am so troubled{H8738)} that I cannot speak{H8762)}.
Job 30:28
71%
28I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
Ps 39:12
71%
12Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear{H8685)} unto my cry; hold not thy peace{H8799)} at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Jonah 2:4
71%
4Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
Ps 102:2
71%
2Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.
Lam 3:49
71%
49Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
Lam 3:8
71%
8Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
Ps 38:17
71%
17For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.