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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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Psa. 88:14‑15• 14Why, O Jehovah, castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
 15I am afflicted and expiring from my youth up; I suffer thy terrors, and I am distracted. (Psa. 88:14‑15)
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Psa. 22:11‑21• 11Be not far from me, for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
 12Many bulls have encompassed me; Bashan's strong ones have beset me round.
 13They gape upon me with their mouth, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
 14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is become like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
 15My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my palate; and thou hast laid me in the dust of death.
 16For dogs have encompassed me; an assembly of evil-doers have surrounded me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
 17I may count all my bones. They look, they stare upon me;
 18They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
 19But thou, Jehovah, be not far from me; O my strength, haste thee to help me.
 20Deliver my soul from the sword; my only one from the power of the dog;
 21Save me from the lion's mouth. Yea, from the horns of the buffaloes hast thou answered me. (Psa. 22:11‑21)
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Psa. 69:17‑21• 17And hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble: answer me speedily.
 18Draw nigh unto my soul, be its redeemer; ransom me because of mine enemies.
 19*Thou* knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
 20Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am overwhelmed: and I looked for sympathy, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
 21Yea, they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. (Psa. 69:17‑21)
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Psa. 77:2• 2In the day of my trouble, I sought the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; my soul refused to be comforted. (Psa. 77:2)
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Psa. 143:3‑4• 3For the enemy persecuteth my soul: he hath crushed my life down to the earth; he hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
 4And my spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. (Psa. 143:3‑4)
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Job 6:2‑4• 2Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
 3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore my words are vehement.
 4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their poison drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of +God are arrayed against me. (Job 6:2‑4)
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Isa. 53:3,10‑11• 3He is despised and left alone of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief, and like one from whom men hide their faces;--despised, and we esteemed him not.
 10Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath subjected him to suffering. 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.
 11He shall see of the fruit of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant instruct many in righteousness; and *he* shall bear their iniquities. (Isa. 53:3,10‑11)
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Lam. 3:15‑19• 15He hath sated me with bitterness, he hath made me drunk 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 have forgotten prosperity.
 18And I said, My strength is perished, and my hope in Jehovah.
 19Remember thou mine affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and the gall. (Lam. 3:15‑19)
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Matt. 26:37‑39• 37And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and deeply depressed.
 38Then he says to them, My soul is very sorrowful even unto death; remain here and watch with me.
 39And 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. (Matt. 26:37‑39)
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Mark 14:33‑34• 33And he takes with him Peter and James and John, and he began to be amazed and oppressed in spirit.
 34And he says to them, My soul is full of grief even unto death; abide here and watch. (Mark 14:33‑34)
life.
Psa. 107:18• 18Their soul abhorreth all manner of food, and they draw near unto the gates of death: (Psa. 107:18)
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Job 33:22• 22And his soul draweth near to the pit, 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.