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Interlinear · Chapter 88

Psalms

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a songשִׁ֥ירshirH7892שִׁירnoun · common · masculine · singular · absolutea psalmמִזְמ֗וֹרmiz.MorH4210מִזְמוֹרnoun · common · masculine · singular · absoluteof [the] sons ofלִבְנֵ֫יliv.NeiH1121בֵּןpreposition + noun · common · masculine · plural · constructKorahקֹ֥רַחKo.rachH7141קֹ֫רַחnoun · proper name · masculineto the choirmasterלַמְנַצֵּ֣חַlam.na.Tze.achH5329נָצַחpreposition · with the article + verb · Piel · active participle · masculine · singular · absoluteonעַל־'al-H5921עַלprepositionMachalathמָחֲלַ֣תma.cha.LatH4257מַחֲלַתnoun · feminine · singular · absoluteto singלְעַנּ֑וֹתle.'a.NotH6030עָנָהpreposition + verb · Piel · infinitive construct · commona poemמַ֝שְׂכִּ֗ילmas.KilH4905מַשְׂכִּילnoun · masculine · singular · absoluteof Hemanלְהֵימָ֥ןle.hei.ManH1968הֵימָןpreposition + noun · proper name · masculinethe Ezrachiteהָאֶזְרָחִֽי׃ha.'ez.ra.ChiH0250אֶזְרָחִיdefinite article + noun · gentilic · masculine · singular · absolute

1O LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out day and night before you.

O Yahwehיְ֭הוָהYah.wehH3068יהוהnoun · proper name[the] God ofאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH0430אֱלֹהִיםnoun · common · masculine · plural · constructsalvation myיְשׁוּעָתִ֑יye.shu.'a.TiH3444יְשׁוּעָהnoun · common · feminine · singular · construct + pronominal suffix · first person · masculine or feminine · singulardayיוֹם־yom-H3117יוֹםnoun · common · masculine · singular · absoluteI have cried outצָעַ֖קְתִּיtza.'Ak.tiH6817צָעַקverb · Qal · perfect · first person · common · singularin the nightבַלַּ֣יְלָהva.Lay.lahH3915לַ֫יְלָהpreposition · with the article + noun · common · masculine · singular · absolutebefore youנֶגְדֶּֽךָ׃neg.De.khaH5048נֶ֫גֶדcardinal number · masculine · singular · construct + pronominal suffix · second person · masculine · singular

2Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry!

may it comeתָּב֣וֹאta.Vo'H0935בּוֹאverb · Qal · imperfect · third person · feminine · singular‹to› before youלְ֭פָנֶיךָLe.fa.nei.khaH6440פָּנֶהpreposition + noun · common · masculine · plural · construct + pronominal suffix · second person · masculine · singularprayer myתְּפִלָּתִ֑יte.fi.la.TiH8605תְּפִלָּהnoun · common · feminine · singular · construct + pronominal suffix · first person · masculine or feminine · singularinclineהַטֵּֽה־ha.teh-H5186נָטָהverb · Hiphil · imperative · second person · masculine · singularear yourאָ֝זְנְךָ֗'a.ze.ne.khaH0241אֹ֫זֶןnoun · common · feminine · singular · construct + pronominal suffix · second person · masculine · singularto cry of entreaty myלְרִנָּתִֽי׃le.ri.na.TiH7440רִנָּהpreposition + noun · common · feminine · singular · construct + pronominal suffix · first person · masculine or feminine · singular

3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.

forכִּֽי־ki-H3588כִּיparticleit is surfeitedשָֽׂבְעָ֣הsa.ve.'AhH7646שָׂבֵעַverb · Qal · perfect · third person · feminine · singularwith troublesבְרָע֣וֹתve.ra.'otH7451רָעָהpreposition + noun · common · feminine · plural · absolutebeing myנַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.ShiH5315נֶ֫פֶשׁnoun · common · feminine · singular · construct + pronominal suffix · first person · masculine or feminine · singularand life myוְחַיַּ֗יve.chai.YaiH2416חַיִּיםconjunction + noun · common · masculine · plural · construct + pronominal suffix · first person · masculine or feminine · singularto Sheolלִשְׁא֥וֹלlish.'olH7585שְׁאוֹלpreposition + noun · common · masculine or feminine · singular · absolutethey have reachedהִגִּֽיעוּ׃hi.Gi.'uH5060נָגַעverb · Hiphil · perfect · third person · common · plural

4I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am a man who has no strength,

I am reckonedנֶ֭חְשַׁבְתִּיNech.shav.tiH2803חָשַׁבverb · Niphal · perfect · first person · common · singularwithעִם־'im-H5973עִםpreposition[those who] go down ofי֣וֹרְדֵיYor.deiH3381יָרַדverb · Qal · active participle · masculine · plural · construct[the] pitב֑וֹרVorH0953בּוֹרnoun · common · masculine · singular · absoluteI amהָ֝יִ֗יתִיha.Yi.tiH1961הָיָהverb · Qal · perfect · first person · common · singularlike a manכְּגֶ֣בֶרke.Ge.verH1397גֶּ֫בֶרpreposition + noun · common · masculine · singular · absolute[whom] there notאֵֽין־'ein-H0369אַ֫יִןnoun · common · masculine · singular · construct[is] strengthאֱיָֽל׃'e.YalH0353אֱיָלnoun · common · masculine · singular · absolute

5like one set loose among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, like those whom you remember no more, for they are cut off from your hand.

among the deadבַּמֵּתִ֗יםba.me.TimH4191מוּתpreposition · with the article + verb · Qal · active participle · masculine · plural · absolutea [person] set freeחָ֫פְשִׁ֥יcha.fe.ShiH2670חׇפְשִׁיadjective · masculine · singular · absolutelikeכְּמ֤וֹke.MoH3644כְּמוֹpreposition[those] slainחֲלָלִ֨ים׀cha.la.LimH2491חָלָלadjective · masculine · plural · absolute[who] lie ofשֹׁ֥כְבֵיSho.khe.veiH7901שָׁכַבverb · Qal · active participle · masculine · plural · construct[the] graveקֶ֗בֶרKe.verH6913קֶ֫בֶרnoun · common · masculine · singular · absolutewhomאֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherH0834אֲשֶׁרrelativenotלֹ֣אlo'H3808לֹאnegativeyou remember themזְכַרְתָּ֣םze.khar.TamH2142זָכַרverb · Qal · perfect · second person · masculine · singular + pronominal suffix · third person · masculine · pluralagainע֑וֹדodH5750עוֹדcardinal number · masculine · singular · absoluteand theyוְ֝הֵ֗מָּהve.He.mahH1992הֵ֫מָּהconjunction + personal · pronoun · third person · masculine · pluralfrom hand yourמִיָּדְךָ֥mi.ya.de.KhaH3027יָדpreposition + noun · common · masculine or feminine · singular · construct + pronominal suffix · second person · masculine · singularthey are cut offנִגְזָֽרוּ׃nig.Za.ruH1504גָּזַרverb · Niphal · perfect · third person · common · plural

6You have put me in the depths of the pit, in the regions dark and deep.

you have put meשַׁ֭תַּנִיSha.ta.niH7896שִׁיתverb · Qal · perfect · second person · masculine · singular + pronominal suffix · first person · masculine or feminine · singularin a pit ofבְּב֣וֹרbe.VorH0953בּוֹרpreposition + noun · common · masculine · singular · constructlowest partsתַּחְתִּיּ֑וֹתtach.ti.YotH8482תַּחְתִּיadjective · feminine · plural · absolutein [the] dark placesבְּ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗יםbe.ma.cha.sha.KimH4285מַחְשָׁךְpreposition + noun · common · masculine · plural · absolutein [the] depthsבִּמְצֹלֽוֹת׃bim.tzo.LotH4688מְצוֹלָהpreposition + noun · common · feminine · plural · absolute

7Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah

on meעָ֭לַי'A.laiH5921עַלpreposition + pronominal suffix · first person · masculine or feminine · singularit has lainסָמְכָ֣הsa.me.KhahH5564סָמַךְverb · Qal · perfect · third person · feminine · singularanger yourחֲמָתֶ֑ךָcha.ma.Te.khaH2534חֵמָהnoun · common · feminine · singular · construct + pronominal suffix · second person · masculine · singularand allוְכָל־ve.kholH3605כֹּלconjunction + noun · common · masculine · singular · constructbreakers yourמִ֝שְׁבָּרֶ֗יךָmish.ba.Rei.khaH4867מִשְׁבָּרnoun · common · masculine · plural · construct + pronominal suffix · second person · masculine · singularyou have afflicted [me]עִנִּ֥יתָ'i.Ni.taH6031עָנָהverb · Piel · perfect · second person · masculine · singularSelahסֶּֽלָה׃Se.lahH5542סֶ֫לָהinterjection

8You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape;

you have removed far awayהִרְחַ֥קְתָּhir.Chak.taH7368רָחַקverb · Hiphil · perfect · second person · masculine · singularacquaintances myמְיֻדָּעַ֗יme.yu.da.'AiH3045יָדַעverb · Pual · passive participle · masculine · plural · construct + pronominal suffix · first person · masculine or feminine · singularfrom meמִ֫מֶּ֥נִּיmi.Me.niH4480מִן־preposition + pronominal suffix · first person · masculine or feminine · singularyou have made meשַׁתַּ֣נִיsha.Ta.niH7896שִׁיתverb · Qal · perfect · second person · masculine · singular + pronominal suffix · first person · masculine or feminine · singularabominationsתוֹעֵב֣וֹתto.'e.VotH8441תּוֹעֵבַהnoun · common · feminine · plural · absoluteto themלָ֑מוֹla.moH9038Op3mpreposition + pronominal suffix · third person · masculine · plural[I am] shut upכָּ֝לֻ֗אka.Lu'H3607כָּלָאverb · Qal · passive participle · masculine · singular · absoluteand notוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808לֹאconjunction + negativeI will go outאֵצֵֽא׃'e.Tze'H3318יָצָאverb · Qal · imperfect · first person · common · singular

9my eye grows dim through sorrow. Every day I call upon you, O LORD; I spread out my hands to you.

eye myעֵינִ֥י'ei.NiH5869עַ֫יִןnoun · common · feminine · singular · construct + pronominal suffix · first person · masculine or feminine · singularit is faintדָאֲבָ֗הda.'a.VahH1669דָּאֵבverb · Qal · perfect · third person · feminine · singularfromמִנִּ֫יmi.NiH4480מִן־prepositionafflictionעֹ֥נִי'O.niH6040עֳנִיnoun · common · masculine · singular · absoluteI have called out to youקְרָאתִ֣יךָke.ra.Ti.chaH7121קָרָאverb · Qal · perfect · first person · common · singular + pronominal suffix · second person · masculine · singularO Yahwehיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068יהוהnoun · proper nameon everyבְּכָל־be.kholH3605כֹּלpreposition + noun · common · masculine · singular · constructdayי֑וֹםYomH3117יוֹםnoun · common · masculine · singular · absoluteI have spread outשִׁטַּ֖חְתִּיshi.Tach.tiH7849שָׁטַחverb · Piel · perfect · first person · common · singularto youאֵלֶ֣יךָ'e.Lei.khaH0413אֶלpreposition + pronominal suffix · second person · masculine · singularhands myכַפָּֽי׃kha.PaiH3709כַּףnoun · common · feminine · dual · construct + pronominal suffix · first person · masculine or feminine · singular

10Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah

¿ for the deadהֲלַמֵּתִ֥יםha.la.me.TimH4191מוּתinterrogative + preposition · with the article + verb · Qal · active participle · masculine · plural · absolutewill you doתַּעֲשֶׂה־ta.'a.seh-H6213עָשָׂהverb · Qal · imperfect · second person · masculine · singularwonder[s]פֶּ֑לֶאPe.le'H6382פֶּ֫לֶאnoun · common · masculine · singular · absoluteor?אִם־'im-H0518אִםparticle[the] shadesרְ֝פָאִ֗יםre.fa.'ImH7496רְפָאִיםnoun · common · masculine · plural · absolutewill they ariseיָק֤וּמוּ׀ya.Ku.muH6965קוּםverb · Qal · imperfect · third person · masculine · pluralwill they give thanks to? youיוֹד֬וּךָyo.Du.khaH3034יָדָהverb · Hiphil · imperfect · third person · masculine · plural + pronominal suffix · second person · masculine · singularSelahסֶּֽלָה׃Se.lahH5542סֶ֫לָהinterjection

11Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon?

¿ will it be recountedהַיְסֻפַּ֣רhay.su.ParH5608סָפַרinterrogative + verb · Pual · imperfect · third person · masculine · singularin the graveבַּקֶּ֣בֶרba.Ke.verH6913קֶ֫בֶרpreposition · with the article + noun · common · masculine · singular · absolutecovenant loyalty yourחַסְדֶּ֑ךָchas.De.khaH2617חֶ֫סֶדnoun · common · masculine · singular · construct + pronominal suffix · second person · masculine · singularfaithfulness yourאֱ֝מֽוּנָתְךָ֗'e.mu.na.te.khaH0530אֱמוּנָהnoun · common · feminine · singular · construct + pronominal suffix · second person · masculine · singularin ‹the› Abaddonבָּאֲבַדּֽוֹן׃ba.'a.va.DonH0011אֲבַדּוֹןpreposition · with the article + noun · feminine · singular · absolute

12Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

¿ will it be knownהֲיִוָּדַ֣עha.yi.va.Da'H3045יָדַעinterrogative + verb · Niphal · imperfect · third person · masculine · singularin the darknessבַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְba.Cho.shekhH2822חֹ֫שֶׁךְpreposition · with the article + noun · common · masculine · singular · absolutewonder[s] yourפִּלְאֶ֑ךָpil.'E.khaH6382פֶּ֫לֶאnoun · common · masculine · singular · construct + pronominal suffix · second person · masculine · singularand righteousness yourוְ֝צִדְקָתְךָ֗ve.tzid.ka.te.chaH6666צְדָקָהconjunction + noun · common · feminine · singular · construct + pronominal suffix · second person · masculine · singularin [the] land ofבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH0776אֶ֫רֶץpreposition + noun · common · feminine · singular · constructforgettingנְשִׁיָּֽה׃ne.shi.YahH5388נְשִׁיָּהnoun · common · feminine · singular · absolute

13But I, O LORD, cry to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you.

and Iוַאֲנִ֤י׀va.'a.NiH0589אֲנִי, אָֽנֹכִ֫יconjunction + personal · pronoun · first person · masculine or feminine · singularto youאֵלֶ֣יךָ'e.Lei.khaH0413אֶלpreposition + pronominal suffix · second person · masculine · singularO Yahwehיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068יהוהnoun · proper nameI cry for helpשִׁוַּ֑עְתִּיshi.Va'.tiH7768שָׁוַעverb · Piel · perfect · first person · common · singularand in the morningוּ֝בַבֹּ֗קֶרu.va.Bo.kerH1242בֹּ֫קֶרconjunction + preposition · with the article + noun · common · masculine · singular · absoluteprayer myתְּֽפִלָּתִ֥יte.fi.la.TiH8605תְּפִלָּהnoun · common · feminine · singular · construct + pronominal suffix · first person · masculine or feminine · singularit comes to meet youתְקַדְּמֶֽךָּ׃te.ka.de.Me.kaH6923קָדַםverb · Piel · imperfect · third person · feminine · singular + pronominal suffix · second person · masculine · singular

14O LORD, why do you cast my soul away? Why do you hide your face from me?

‹to› why?לָמָ֣הla.MahH4100מָהpreposition + interrogative · pronounO Yahwehיְ֭הוָהYah.wehH3068יהוהnoun · proper namedo you rejectתִּזְנַ֣חtiz.NachH2186זָנַחverb · Qal · imperfect · second person · masculine · singularself myנַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.ShiH5315נֶ֫פֶשׁnoun · common · feminine · singular · construct + pronominal suffix · first person · masculine or feminine · singulardo you hide?תַּסְתִּ֖ירtas.TirH5641סָתַרverb · Hiphil · imperfect · second person · masculine · singularface yourפָּנֶ֣יךָpa.Nei.khaH6440פָּנֶהnoun · common · masculine · plural · construct + pronominal suffix · second person · masculine · singularfrom meמִמֶּֽנִּי׃mi.Me.niH4480מִן־preposition + pronominal suffix · first person · masculine or feminine · singular

15Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.

[have been] afflictedעָ֘נִ֤י'a.NiH6041עָנִיadjective · masculine · singular · absoluteIאֲנִ֣י'a.NiH0589אֲנִי, אָֽנֹכִ֫יpersonal · pronoun · first person · masculine or feminine · singularand [have been] about to dieוְגֹוֵ֣עַve.goyE.a'H1478גָּוַעconjunction + verb · Qal · active participle · masculine · singular · absolutefrom youthמִנֹּ֑עַרmi.No.'arH5290נֹ֫עַרpreposition + noun · common · masculine · singular · absoluteI have borneנָשָׂ֖אתִיna.Sa.tiH5375נָשָׂאverb · Qal · perfect · first person · common · singularterrors yourאֵמֶ֣יךָ'e.Mei.khaH0367אֵימָהnoun · common · masculine · plural · construct + pronominal suffix · second person · masculine · singularI am perplexedאָפֽוּנָה׃'a.Fu.nahH6323פּוּןverb · Qal · infinitive construct · first person · common · singular

16Your wrath has swept over me; your dreadful assaults destroy me.

over meעָ֭לַי'A.laiH5921עַלpreposition + pronominal suffix · first person · masculine or feminine · singularthey have passedעָבְר֣וּ'a.ve.RuH5674עָבַרverb · Qal · perfect · third person · common · pluralanger‹s› yourחֲרוֹנֶ֑יךָcha.ro.Nei.khaH2740חָרוֹןnoun · common · masculine · plural · construct + pronominal suffix · second person · masculine · singularterrors yourבִּ֝עוּתֶ֗יךָbi.'u.Tei.khaH1161בִּעוּתִיםnoun · common · masculine · plural · construct + pronominal suffix · second person · masculine · singularthey have destroyed meצִמְּתוּתֻֽנִי׃tzi.me.tu.Tu.niH6789צָמַתverb · Piel · perfect · third person · common · plural + pronominal suffix · first person · masculine or feminine · singular

17They surround me like a flood all day long; they close in on me together.

they have surrounded meסַבּ֣וּנִיsa.Bu.niH5437סָבַבverb · Qal · perfect · third person · common · plural + pronominal suffix · first person · masculine or feminine · singularlike ‹the› waterכַ֭מַּיִםKha.ma.yimH4325מַיpreposition · with the article + noun · common · masculine · plural · absoluteallכָּל־kol-H3605כֹּלnoun · common · masculine · singular · constructthe dayהַיּ֑וֹםhai.YomH3117יוֹםdefinite article + noun · common · masculine · singular · absolutethey have surroundedהִקִּ֖יפוּhi.Ki.fuH5362נָקַףverb · Hiphil · perfect · third person · common · plural‹on› meעָלַ֣י'a.LaiH5921עַלpreposition + pronominal suffix · first person · masculine or feminine · singularaltogetherיָֽחַד׃Ya.chadH3162יַ֫חַדnoun · common · masculine · singular · absolute

18You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me; my companions have become darkness.

you have removed far awayהִרְחַ֣קְתָּhir.Chak.taH7368רָחַקverb · Hiphil · perfect · second person · masculine · singularfrom meמִ֭מֶּנִּיMi.me.niH4480מִן־preposition + pronominal suffix · first person · masculine or feminine · singular[one who] lovesאֹהֵ֣ב'o.HevH0157אָהֵבverb · Qal · active participle · masculine · singular · absoluteand a friendוָרֵ֑עַva.Re.a'H7453רֵעַconjunction + noun · common · masculine · singular · absoluteacquaintances myמְֽיֻדָּעַ֥יme.yu.da.'AiH3045יָדַעverb · Pual · passive participle · masculine · plural · construct + pronominal suffix · first person · masculine or feminine · singulardarknessמַחְשָֽׁךְ׃mach.ShakhH4285מַחְשָׁךְnoun · common · masculine · singular · absolute