Psalms

Psalm 88:6–7

⁶You have laid me in the lowest Pit,

in the darkest of the depths.

⁷Your wrath weighs heavily upon me;

all Your waves have submerged me.

Selah

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You have laid me	שַׁ֭תַּנִי	šat·ta·nî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular; first person common singular	H7896 put, set
in the lowest	תַּחְתִּיּ֑וֹת	taḥ·tî·yō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H8482 lower, lowest
Pit	בְּב֣וֹר	bə·ḇō·wr	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H953 pit, cistern, well
in the darkest	בְּ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים	bə·ma·ḥă·šak·kîm	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural	H4285 dark place
of the depths	בִּמְצֹלֽוֹת׃	bim·ṣō·lō·wṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural	H4688 depth, deep

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Your wrath	חֲמָתֶ֑ךָ	ḥă·mā·ṯe·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H2534 heat, rage
weighs heavily	סָמְכָ֣ה	sā·mə·ḵāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H5564 lean, lay, rest, support
upon me	עָ֭לַי	‘ā·lay	Preposition; first person common singular	H5921 height
all	וְכָל־	wə·ḵāl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
Your waves	מִ֝שְׁבָּרֶ֗יךָ	miš·bā·re·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H4867 breaker
have submerged	עִנִּ֥יתָ	‘in·nî·ṯā	Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H6031 be occupied, busied with
Selah	סֶּֽלָה׃	se·lāh	Interjection	H5542 lift up

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

Psalm 88:6 Psalm 69:15 · Psalm 86:13 · Lamentations 3:2 · Psalm 143:3 · Psalm 40:2 · John 12:46

Psalm 88:7 Psalm 42:7 · Romans 2:5–9 · Job 6:4 · 1 Peter 2:24

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.