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Psalm 88

Psa. 88:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For my soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
is full
saba` (Hebrew #7646)
a primitive root; to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.
Pronounce: saw-bah'
Origin: or sabeay {saw-bay'-ah}
of troubles
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
: and my life
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
draweth nigh
naga` (Hebrew #5060)
properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphem., to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.)
KJV usage: beat, (X be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.
Pronounce: naw-gah'
Origin: a primitive root
unto the grave
sh'owl (Hebrew #7585)
from 7592; Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
KJV usage: grave, hell, pit.
Pronounce: sheh-ole'
Origin: or shol {sheh-ole'}
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Grave,
Life,
Soul; Spirit

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Ministry on This Verse

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soul.
Psa. 88:14‑15• 14Why, O Jehovah, dost thou cast off my soul?{HR}Hidest thou thy face from me?
 15Poor [am] I and expiring from youth;{HR}I have borne thy terror; I am distracted. (Psa. 88:14‑15)
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Psa. 22:11‑21• 11Be not far from me,{HR}For trouble is near,{HR}For there is no helper.
 12Many bulls have surrounded me;{HR}Strong ones of Bashan have encompassed me.
 13They opened their mouth upon me,{HR}[Like] a lion tearing in pieces and roaring.
 14I have been poured out like water,{HR}And all my bones have been separated;{HR}My heart has become like wax,{HR}It is melted in the midst of my bowels.
 15My strength has been dried up like a potsherd,{HR}And my tongue is cleaving to my jaws;{HR}And in the dust of death thou settest me.
 16For dogs have surrounded me,{HR}The congregation of evil-doers have encompassed me,{HR}Piercing my hands and my feet.
 17I number all my bones;{HR}They behold, they look upon me.
 18They divide my garments amongst themselves{HR}And upon my vestment they cast lots.
 19But thou, O Jehovah, be not far off;{HR}O my strength, make haste to my help.
 20Deliver my soul from the sword,{HR}Mine only one from the power of the dog.
 21Save me from the mouth of the lion,{HR}And from the horns of the buffaloes{HR}Thou hast answered me. (Psa. 22:11‑21)
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Psa. 69:17‑21• 17And hide not thy face from thy servant,{HR}For I am troubled; speedily answer me.
 18Draw nigh to my soul, redeem it;{HR}Because of mine enemies ransom me.
 19{i}Thou{/i} hast known my reproach,{HR}And my shame, and my disgrace;{HR}Before thee [are] all mine adversaries.
 20Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am overwhelmed;{HR}And I looked for mourning, and [there was] none,{HR}And for comforters, and found none.
 21They gave me also gall for my food,{HR}And in my thirst they made me drink vinegar. (Psa. 69:17‑21)
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Psa. 77:2• 2In the day of my distress I sought the Lord (Adonai);{HR}My hand was stretched out in the night and slacked not;{HR}My soul refused to be comforted. (Psa. 77:2)
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Psa. 143:3‑4• 3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul,{HR}He hath crushed to the earth my life;{HR}He hath made me dwell in dark places,{HR}Like those long dead.
 4And overwhelmed in (on) me is my spirit,{HR}In the midst of me desolated is my heart. (Psa. 143:3‑4)
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Job 6:2‑4• 2O that my vexation were exactly weighed,{HR}And my calamity raised in the scales together!
 3For now is it heavier than the sand of the seas,{HR}Therefore do my words rave.
 4For the arrows of the Almighty are in me,{HR}The poison of which my spirit drinketh up.{HR}The terrors of God array themselves against me. (Job 6:2‑4)
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Isa. 53:3,10‑11• 3He is despised and shunned of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and like one from whom they hide [their] faces, he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
 10Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath put [him] to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see a seed, he shall prolong [his] days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.
 11From the travail of his soul shall he see, he shall be satisfied; by his knowledge shall my righteous servant instruct the many in righteousness; and he shall bear their iniquities. (Isa. 53:3,10‑11)
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Lam. 3:15‑19• 15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
 16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
 17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
 18And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from Jehovah.
 19Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. (Lam. 3:15‑19)
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Matt. 26:37‑39• 37{i}And taking with [him] Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and deeply depressed.{/i}
 38{i}Then he says to them, My soul is very sorrowful even unto death; remain here and watch with me.{/i}
 39{i}And going forward a little he fell upon his face, praying and saying, My Father, if it be possible let this cup pass from me; but not as I will, but as thou [wilt].{/i} (Matt. 26:37‑39)
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Mark 14:33‑34• 33{i}And he takes with him Peter and James and John, and he began to be{/i} amazed and deeply depressed.
 34And he says to them, My soul is full of grief even unto death; tarry here and watch. (Mark 14:33‑34)
life.
Psa. 107:18• 18All food their soul abhorreth;{HR}And they draw near to the gates of death. (Psa. 107:18)
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Job 33:22• 22And his soul draweth near to corruption,{HR}And his life to the destroyers. (Job 33:22)
• The great point that pressed on the spirit was death, and death bearing the witness of God's wrath upon it. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 88-89” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draweth nigh to Sheolf.

JND Translation Notes

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See Ps. 6.5.

W. Kelly Translation

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For my soul is full of troubles,{HR}And my life draweth nigh to Sheol.