Psalms

Psalm 88:7–8

⁷Your wrath weighs heavily upon me;

all Your waves have submerged me.

Selah

⁸You have removed my friends from me;

You have made me repulsive to them;

I am confined and cannot escape.

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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

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You have removed	הִרְחַ֥קְתָּ	hir·ḥaq·tā	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H7368 be, or become, far, distant
my friends	מְיֻדָּעַ֗י	mə·yud·dā·‘ay	Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H3045 know
from me	מִ֫מֶּ֥נִּי	mim·men·nî	Preposition; first person common singular	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
You have made me	שַׁתַּ֣נִי	šat·ta·nî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular; first person common singular	H7896 put, set
repulsive	תוֹעֵב֣וֹת	ṯō·w·‘ê·ḇō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H8441 abomination
to them	לָ֑מוֹ	lā·mōw	Preposition; third person masculine plural
I am confined	כָּ֝לֻ֗א	kā·lu	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular	H3607 shut up, restrain, withhold
and cannot	וְלֹ֣א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
escape	אֵצֵֽא׃	’ê·ṣê	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H3318 go or come out

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

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

Psalm 88:8 Psalm 31:11 · Job 30:10 · Isaiah 49:7 · Job 19:13–19 · Zechariah 11:8 · Jeremiah 32:2 · Isaiah 63:3 · Lamentations 3:7–9 · John 15:23–24

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.