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Psalms 88:11 — King James Version← Study notes

Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?


Psalms 88:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 88:118 words
HebrewMeaning
הֲ/לַ/מֵּתִ֥יםhălamētiym
¿ for the deadparticleH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
תַּעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśeh
will you doverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
פֶּ֑לֶאpeleʾ
wondersnounH6382
wonder(-ful · -fully)
אִםʾim
or?conjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
רְ֝פָאִ֗יםrəpāʾiym
the shadesnounH7496
deceased
יָק֤וּמוּyāqwmw
will they ariseverbH6965
accomplish · be clearer · confirm · continue ···
יוֹד֬וּ/ךָywōdwkā
will they give thanks to? youverbH3034
confess · praise · shoot · thank(-ful ···
סֶּֽלָהselāh
SelahparticleH5542
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 88:11

1. The Title of this eighty-seventh Psalm contains a fresh subject for enquiry: the words occurring here, “for Melech to respond,” being nowhere else found. We have already given our opinion on the meaning of the titles Psalmus Cantici and Canticum Psalmi: and the words, “sons of Core,” are constantly repeated, and have often been explained: so also “to the end;” but what comes next in this title is peculiar. For “Melech” we may translate into Latin “for the chorus,” for…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 88 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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