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Psalms 88:6

Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

KJV

Confitebuntur cæli mirabilia tua, Domine ; etenim veritatem tuam in ecclesia sanctorum.

Vulgate

ἐξομολογήσονται οἱ οὐρανοὶ τὰ θαυμάσιά σου, Κύριε, καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειάν σου ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ ἁγίων.

LXX

Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps.

ASV

בַּ/מֵּתִ֗ים חָ֫פְשִׁ֥י כְּמ֤וֹ חֲלָלִ֨ים שֹׁ֥כְבֵי קֶ֗בֶר אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹ֣א זְכַרְתָּ֣/ם ע֑וֹד וְ֝/הֵ֗מָּה מִ/יָּדְ/ךָ֥ נִגְזָֽרוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
זְכָר
zkr
verb · 231×
חַלְלֵי
chlly
adjective · 92×
חָפְשִׁ֖י
chpshy
adjective · 17×
יִּשְׁכַּ֤ב
yshkb
verb · 211×
כְּמוֹ
kmv
preposition · 142×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נִגְזַ֖ר
ngzr
verb · 13×
ע֖וֹד
'vd
adverb · 485×
קָ֑בֶר
qbr
noun · 67×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • John 12:46 — I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
  • Lam 3:2 — He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
  • Ps 40:2 — He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
  • Ps 69:2 — I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
  • Ps 69:15 — Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
  • Ps 71:20 — Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
  • Ps 86:13 — For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
  • Ps 86:13 — For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
  • Ps 116:3 — The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
  • Ps 130:1 — Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
  • 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.