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Psalms 88:4

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

KJV

Disposui testamentum electis meis ; juravi David servo meo :

Vulgate

διεθέμην διαθήκην τοῖς ἐκλεκτοῖς μου, ὤμοσα Δαυεὶδ τῷ δούλῳ μου

LXX

I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help,

ASV

כִּֽי שָֽׂבְעָ֣ה בְ/רָע֣וֹת נַפְשִׁ֑/י וְ/חַיַּ֗/י לִ/שְׁא֥וֹל הִגִּֽיעוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

חַי
chy
verb · 502×
י
y
noun · 752×
יִֽשְׂבַּֽע
yshb'
verb · 96×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
נֹּגֵ֥עַ
ng'
verb · 149×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×
שְׁא֣וֹל
sh'vl
verb · 66×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 1:9 — But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
  • Isa 38:17 — Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
  • Isa 38:17 — Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
  • Num 12:12 — Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother’s womb.
  • Ps 28:1 — Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
  • Ps 28:1 — Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
  • Ps 31:12 — I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
  • Ps 31:12 — I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
  • Ps 143:3 — For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
  • Ps 143:7 — Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
  • Ps 143:7 — Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.