Psalms 88:3

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol.

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  • Ps 107:18 : 18 All food doth their soul abominate, And they come nigh unto the gates of death,
  • Ps 107:26 : 26 They go up `to' the heavens, they go down `to' the depths, Their soul in evil is melted.
  • Ps 143:3-4 : 3 For an enemy hath pursued my soul, He hath bruised to the earth my life, He hath caused me to dwell in dark places, As the dead of old. 4 And my spirit in me is become feeble, Within me is my heart become desolate.
  • Isa 53:3 : 3 He is despised, and left of men, A man of pains, and acquainted with sickness, And as one hiding the face from us, He is despised, and we esteemed him not.
  • Isa 53:10-11 : 10 And Jehovah hath delighted to bruise him, He hath made him sick, If his soul doth make an offering for guilt, He seeth seed -- he prolongeth days, And the pleasure of Jehovah in his hand doth prosper. 11 Of the labour of his soul he seeth -- he is satisfied, Through his knowledge give righteousness Doth the righteous one, My servant, to many, And their iniquities he doth bear.
  • Lam 3:15-19 : 15 He hath filled me with bitter things, He hath filled me `with' wormwood. 16 And He breaketh with gravel my teeth, He hath covered me with ashes. 17 And Thou castest off from peace my soul, I have forgotten prosperity. 18 And I say, Perished hath my strength and my hope from Jehovah. 19 Remember my affliction and my mourning, Wormwood and gall!
  • Matt 26:37-39 : 37 And having taken Peter, and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful, and to be very heavy; 38 then saith he to them, `Exceedingly sorrowful is my soul -- unto death; abide ye here, and watch with me.' 39 And having gone forward a little, he fell on his face, praying, and saying, `My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou.'
  • Mark 14:33-34 : 33 and he taketh Peter, and James, and John with him, and began to be amazed, and to be very heavy, 34 and he saith to them, `Exceeding sorrowful is my soul -- to death; remain here, and watch.'
  • Job 6:2-4 : 2 O that my provocation were thoroughly weighed, And my calamity in balances They would lift up together! 3 For now, than the sands of the sea it is heavier, Therefore my words have been rash. 4 For arrows of the Mighty `are' with me, Whose poison is drinking up my spirit. Terrors of God array themselves `for' me!
  • Job 33:22 : 22 And draw near to the pit doth his soul, And his life to those causing death.
  • Ps 22:11-21 : 11 Be not far from me, For adversity is near, for there is no helper. 12 Many bulls have surrounded me, Mighty ones of Bashan have compassed me, 13 They have opened against me their mouth, A lion tearing and roaring. 14 As waters I have been poured out, And separated themselves have all my bones, My heart hath been like wax, It is melted in the midst of my bowels. 15 Dried up as an earthen vessel is my power, And my tongue is cleaving to my jaws. 16 And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet. 17 I count all my bones -- they look expectingly, They look upon me, 18 They apportion my garments to themselves, And for my clothing they cause a lot to fall. 19 And Thou, O Jehovah, be not far off, O my strength, to help me haste. 20 Deliver from the sword my soul, From the paw of a dog mine only one. 21 Save me from the mouth of a lion: -- And -- from the horns of the high places Thou hast answered me!
  • Ps 69:17-21 : 17 And hide not Thy face from Thy servant, For I am in distress -- haste, answer me. 18 Be near unto my soul -- redeem it, Because of mine enemies ransom me. 19 Thou -- Thou hast known my reproach, And my shame, and my blushing, Before Thee `are' all mine adversaries. 20 Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am sick, And I look for a bemoaner, and there is none, And for comforters, and I have found none. 21 And they give for my food gall, And for my thirst cause me to drink vinegar.
  • Ps 77:2 : 2 In a day of my distress the Lord I sought, My hand by night hath been spread out, And it doth not cease, My soul hath refused to be comforted.
  • Ps 88:14-15 : 14 Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me. 15 I `am' afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors -- I pine away.

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    4I have been reckoned with those going down `to' the pit, I have been as a man without strength.

    5Among the dead -- free, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom Thou hast not remembered any more, Yea, they by Thy hand have been cut off.

    6Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths.

    7Upon me hath Thy fury lain, And `with' all Thy breakers Thou hast afflicted. Selah.

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    3Compassed me have cords of death, And straits of Sheol have found me, Distress and sorrow I find.

    4And in the name of Jehovah I call: I pray Thee, O Jehovah, deliver my soul,

  • Ps 143:3-4
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    3For an enemy hath pursued my soul, He hath bruised to the earth my life, He hath caused me to dwell in dark places, As the dead of old.

    4And my spirit in me is become feeble, Within me is my heart become desolate.

  • Ps 88:14-16
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    14Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me.

    15I `am' afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors -- I pine away.

    16Over me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off,

  • Ps 31:9-10
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    9Favour me, O Jehovah, for distress `is' to me, Mine eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation.

    10For my life hath been consumed in sorrow And my years in sighing. Feeble because of mine iniquity hath been my strength, And my bones have become old.

  • Job 30:16
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    16And now, in me my soul poureth itself out, Seize me do days of affliction.

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    5Cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been snares of death.

  • Ps 88:1-2
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    1A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah, to the Overseer, `Concerning the Sickness of Afflictions.' -- An instruction, by Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, God of my salvation, Daily I have cried, nightly before Thee,

    2My prayer cometh in before Thee, Incline Thine ear to my loud cry,

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    1My spirit hath been destroyed, My days extinguished -- graves `are' for me.

  • 2 Sam 22:6
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    6The cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been the snares of death.

  • Ps 55:4
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    4My heart is pained within me, And terrors of death have fallen on me.

  • Job 10:1
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    1My soul hath been weary of my life, I leave off my talking to myself, I speak in the bitterness of my soul.

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    3And my soul hath been troubled greatly, And Thou, O Jehovah, till when?

  • Ps 143:7
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    7Haste, answer me, O Jehovah, My spirit hath been consumed, Hide not Thou Thy face from me, Or I have been compared with those going down `to' the pit.

  • Ps 38:6-9
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    6I have been bent down, I have been bowed down -- unto excess, All the day I have gone mourning.

    7For my flanks have been full of drought, And soundness is not in my flesh.

    8I have been feeble and smitten -- unto excess, I have roared from disquietude of heart.

    9Lord, before Thee `is' all my desire, And my sighing from Thee hath not been hid.

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    17The distresses of my heart have enlarged themselves, From my distresses bring me out.

  • Ps 38:17
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    17For I am ready to halt, And my pain `is' before me continually.

  • Job 33:22
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    22And draw near to the pit doth his soul, And his life to those causing death.

  • Isa 38:10
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    10`I -- I said in the cutting off of my days, I go in to the gates of Sheol, I have numbered the remnant of mine years.

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    13Favour me, O Jehovah, See mine affliction by those hating me, Thou who liftest me up from the gates of death,

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    5Compassed me have waters unto the soul, The deep doth compass me, The weed is bound to my head.

    6To the cuttings of mountains I have come down, The earth, her bars `are' behind me to the age. And Thou bringest up from the pit my life, O Jehovah my God.

  • Ps 3:2
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    2Many are saying of my soul, `There is no salvation for him in God.' Selah.

  • Ps 69:18
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    18Be near unto my soul -- redeem it, Because of mine enemies ransom me.

  • Ps 30:3
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    3Jehovah, Thou hast brought up from Sheol my soul, Thou hast kept me alive, From going down `to' the pit.

  • Ps 69:1-2
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    1To the Overseer. -- `On the Lilies,' by David. Save me, O God, for come have waters unto the soul.

    2I have sunk in deep mire, And there is no standing, I have come into the depths of the waters, And a flood hath overflown me.

  • Ps 40:12
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    12For compassed me have evils innumerable, Overtaken me have mine iniquities, And I have not been able to see; They have been more than the hairs of my head, And my heart hath forsaken me.

  • Lam 1:20
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    20See, O Jehovah, for distress `is' to me, My bowels have been troubled, Turned hath been my heart in my midst, For I have greatly provoked, From without bereaved hath the sword, In the house `it is' as death.

  • Ps 63:9
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    9And they who for desolation seek my soul, Go in to the lower parts of the earth.

  • Ps 38:4
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    4For mine iniquities have passed over my head, As a heavy burden -- too heavy for me.

  • Ps 86:13
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    13For Thy kindness `is' great toward me, And Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

  • Job 7:15
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    15And my soul chooseth strangling, Death rather than my bones.

  • Job 17:13
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    13If I wait -- Sheol `is' my house, In darkness I have spread out my couch.

  • Ps 143:11
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    11For Thy name's sake O Jehovah, Thou dost quicken me, In Thy righteousness, Thou bringest out from distress my soul,

  • Lam 1:22
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    22Come in doth all their evil before Thee, And one is doing to them as Thou hast done to me, For all my transgressions, For many `are' my sighs, and my heart `is' sick!

  • Ps 142:2
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    2I pour forth before Him my meditation, My distress before Him I declare.

  • Lam 3:53
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    53They have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against me.