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Psalms 88:4 — King James Version← Study notes

I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:


Psalms 88:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 88:47 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
שָֽׂבְעָ֣הśābəʿāh
it is surfeitedverbH7646
fill (full · self · with) · be full ···
בְ/רָע֣וֹתbərāʿwōt
with troublespronH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
נַפְשִׁ֑/יnapəšiy
being mynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
וְ/חַיַּ֗/יwəḥayay
and life myconjH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
לִ/שְׁא֥וֹלlišəʾwōl
to SheolpronH7585
hell · pit
הִגִּֽיעוּhigiyʿw
they have reachedverbH5060
bring · cast · come · draw near ···
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 88:4

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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