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Psalms 88:16 — King James Version← Study notes

Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.


Psalms 88:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 88:167 words
HebrewMeaning
עָ֘נִ֤יʿāniy
have been afflictedadjH6041
humble · lowly · needy · poor
אֲנִ֣יʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
וְ/גֹוֵ֣עַwəgōwēʿa
and have been about to dieconjH1478
be dead · give up the ghost · perish
מִ/נֹּ֑עַרminōʿar
from youthpronH5290
youth
נָשָׂ֖אתִיnāśāʾtiy
I have borneverbH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
אֵמֶ֣י/ךָʾēmeykā
terrors yournounH367
fear · horror · idol · terrible ···
אָפֽוּנָהʾāpwnāh
I am perplexedverbH6323
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 88:16

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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