- 1[A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.] O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:שִׁ֥יר מִזְמ֗וֹר לִבְנֵ֫י קֹ֥רַח לַמְנַצֵּ֣חַ עַל מָחֲלַ֣ת לְעַנּ֑וֹת מַ֝שְׂכִּ֗יל לְהֵימָ֥ן הָאֶזְרָחִֽי
- 2Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;יְ֭הוָה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יְשׁוּעָתִ֑י יוֹם צָעַ֖קְתִּי בַלַּ֣יְלָה נֶגְדֶּֽךָ
- 3For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.תָּב֣וֹא לְ֭פָנֶיךָ תְּפִלָּתִ֑י הַטֵּֽה אָ֝זְנְךָ֗ לְרִנָּתִֽי
- 4I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:כִּֽי שָֽׂבְעָ֣ה בְרָע֣וֹת נַפְשִׁ֑י וְחַיַּ֗י לִשְׁא֥וֹל הִגִּֽיעוּ
- 5Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.נֶ֭חְשַׁבְתִּי עִם י֣וֹרְדֵי ב֑וֹר הָ֝יִ֗יתִי כְּגֶ֣בֶר אֵֽין אֱיָֽל
- 6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.בַּמֵּתִ֗ים חָ֫פְשִׁ֥י כְּמ֤וֹ חֲלָלִ֨ים שֹׁ֥כְבֵי קֶ֗בֶר אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹ֣א זְכַרְתָּ֣ם ע֑וֹד וְ֝הֵ֗מָּה מִיָּדְךָ֥ נִגְזָֽרוּ
- 7Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.שַׁ֭תַּנִי בְּב֣וֹר תַּחְתִּיּ֑וֹת בְּ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים בִּמְצֹלֽוֹת
- 8Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.עָ֭לַי סָמְכָ֣ה חֲמָתֶ֑ךָ וְכָל מִ֝שְׁבָּרֶ֗יךָ עִנִּ֥יתָ סֶּֽלָה
- 9Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.הִרְחַ֥קְתָּ מְיֻדָּעַ֗י מִ֫מֶּ֥נִּי שַׁתַּ֣נִי תוֹעֵב֣וֹת כָּ֝לֻ֗א וְלֹ֣א אֵצֵֽא
- 10Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.עֵינִ֥י דָאֲבָ֗ה מִנִּ֫י עֹ֥נִי קְרָאתִ֣יךָ יְהוָ֣ה בְּכָל י֑וֹם שִׁטַּ֖חְתִּי אֵלֶ֣יךָ כַפָּֽי
- 11Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?הֲלַמֵּתִ֥ים תַּעֲשֶׂה פֶּ֑לֶא אִם רְ֝פָאִ֗ים יָק֤וּמוּ יוֹד֬וּךָ סֶּֽלָה
- 12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?הַיְסֻפַּ֣ר בַּקֶּ֣בֶר חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ אֱ֝מֽוּנָתְךָ֗ בָּאֲבַדּֽוֹן
- 13But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.הֲיִוָּדַ֣ע בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ פִּלְאֶ֑ךָ וְ֝צִדְקָתְךָ֗ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ נְשִׁיָּֽה
- 14LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?וַאֲנִ֤י אֵלֶ֣יךָ יְהוָ֣ה שִׁוַּ֑עְתִּי וּ֝בַבֹּ֗קֶר תְּֽפִלָּתִ֥י תְקַדְּמֶֽךָּ
- 15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.לָמָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה תִּזְנַ֣ח נַפְשִׁ֑י תַּסְתִּ֖יר פָּנֶ֣יךָ מִמֶּֽנִּי
- 16Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.עָ֘נִ֤י אֲנִ֣י וְגֹוֵ֣עַ מִנֹּ֑עַר נָשָׂ֖אתִי אֵמֶ֣יךָ אָפֽוּנָה
- 17They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.עָ֭לַי עָבְר֣וּ חֲרוֹנֶ֑יךָ בִּ֝עוּתֶ֗יךָ צִמְּתוּתֻֽנִי
- 18Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.סַבּ֣וּנִי כַ֭מַּיִם כָּל הַיּ֑וֹם הִקִּ֖יפוּ עָלַ֣י יָֽחַד
Psalm 88 KJV
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Psalm 88 original-language research
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135 tagged Hebrew tokens101 distinct lexical entries18 of 18 verses source-tagged
יְהֹוָהH3068
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
יוֹםH3117
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
יָדַעH3045
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
מוּתH4191
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
נֶפֶשׁH5315
properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
סֶלָהH5542
suspension (of music), i.e., pause
אֲנִיH589
I
עָנָהH6031
to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)
פֶּלֶאH6382
a miracle
פָּנִיםH6440
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Hebrew verse gematria
YHWSA calculates these totals directly from every consonant in the tagged Hebrew source line using the Carlo Suarès letter-number system; vowel points and cantillation marks do not add values. The totals are not reverse-mapped from English. A matching number is a comparison to investigate, not proof that two passages mean the same thing.
| Verse | Value | Workspace |
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| Psalm 88:1 | 3,971 | study verse |
| Psalm 88:2 | 2,788 | study verse |
| Psalm 88:3 | 3,266 | study verse |
| Psalm 88:4 | 2,020 | study verse |
| Psalm 88:5 | 3,290 | study verse |
| Psalm 88:6 | 5,543 | study verse |
| Psalm 88:7 | 3,742 | study verse |
| Psalm 88:8 | 2,916 | study verse |
| Psalm 88:9 | 2,811 | study verse |
| Psalm 88:10 | 3,665 | study verse |
| Psalm 88:11 | 4,246 | study verse |
| Psalm 88:12 | 2,943 | study verse |
| Psalm 88:13 | 4,084 | study verse |
| Psalm 88:14 | 3,694 | study verse |
| Psalm 88:15 | 2,856 | study verse |
| Psalm 88:16 | 2,090 | study verse |
| Psalm 88:17 | 3,146 | study verse |
| Psalm 88:18 | 1,802 | study verse |
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