Psalms

Psalm 88:10–12

¹⁰Do You work wonders for the dead?

Do departed spirits rise up to praise You?

Selah

¹¹Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave,

Your faithfulness in Abaddon^c?

¹²Will Your wonders be known in the darkness,

or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?

Footnotes

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Do You work	תַּעֲשֶׂה־	ta·‘ă·śeh-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
wonders	פֶּ֑לֶא	pe·le	Noun - masculine singular	H6382 wonder
for the dead	הֲלַמֵּתִ֥ים	hă·lam·mê·ṯîm	Preposition-l, Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H4191 die
Do departed spirits	רְ֝פָאִ֗ים	rə·p̄ā·’îm	Noun - masculine plural	H7496 lax, ghost, dead
rise up	יָק֤וּמוּ׀	yā·qū·mū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H6965 arise, stand up, stand
to praise You	יוֹד֬וּךָ	yō·w·ḏū·ḵā	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; second person masculine singular	H3034 throw, cast
Selah	סֶּֽלָה׃	se·lāh	Interjection	H5542 lift up

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Can Your loving devotion	חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ	ḥas·de·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H2617 goodness, kindness
be proclaimed	הַיְסֻפַּ֣ר	hay·sup·par	Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5608 count
in the grave	בַּקֶּ֣בֶר	baq·qe·ḇer	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6913 grave, sepulchre
Your faithfulness	אֱ֝מֽוּנָתְךָ֗	’ĕ·mū·nā·ṯə·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H530 firmness, steadfastness, fidelity
in Abaddon	בָּאֲבַדּֽוֹן׃	bā·’ă·ḇad·dō·wn	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H11 Destruction, Ruin, 'Abaddon

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Will Your wonders	פִּלְאֶ֑ךָ	pil·’e·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H6382 wonder
be known	הֲיִוָּדַ֣ע	hă·yiw·wā·ḏa‘	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3045 know
in the darkness	בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ	ba·ḥō·šeḵ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2822 darkness, obscurity
or Your righteousness	וְ֝צִדְקָתְךָ֗	wə·ṣiḏ·qā·ṯə·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H6666 righteousness
in the land	בְּאֶ֣רֶץ	bə·’e·reṣ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H776 earth, land
of oblivion	נְשִׁיָּֽה׃	nə·šî·yāh	Noun - feminine singular	H5388 forgetfulness, oblivion

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 88:10 Psalm 6:5 · Isaiah 26:19 · Isaiah 38:18–19 · Psalm 30:9 · 1 Corinthians 15:52–57 · Mark 5:35–36

Psalm 88:11 Proverbs 15:11

Psalm 88:12 Ecclesiastes 9:5 · Matthew 8:12

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.