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Psalms 88:13–18

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But unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
Lord, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
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From verse 13

  1. Psalms 5:3Rank 1 from verse 13
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    3My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

  2. Mark 1:35Rank 2 from verse 13
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    35And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.

  3. Psalms 30:2Rank 3 from verse 13
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    2O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

  4. Psalms 119:147–148Rank 4 from verse 13
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    147I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.

    148Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.

From verse 14

  1. Job 13:24Rank 1 from verse 14
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    24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

  2. Psalms 13:1Rank 2 from verse 14
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    1HOW long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

  3. Psalms 43:2Rank 3 from verse 14
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    2For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

  4. Psalms 44:24Rank 4 from verse 14
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    24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

  5. Matthew 27:46Rank 5 from verse 14
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    46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

From verse 15

  1. Job 6:4Rank 1 from verse 15
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    4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

  2. Luke 22:44Rank 2 from verse 15
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    44And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

  3. Isaiah 53:10Rank 3 from verse 15
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    10¶ Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

  4. Job 7:11–16Rank 4 from verse 15
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    11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

    12Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

    13When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

    14Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:

    15So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

    16I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

  5. Psalms 73:14Rank 5 from verse 15
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    14For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

From verse 16

  1. Galatians 3:13Rank 1 from verse 16
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    13Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

  2. Revelation 6:17Rank 2 from verse 16
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    17For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

  3. Daniel 9:26Rank 3 from verse 16
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    26And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

  4. Isaiah 53:4–6Rank 4 from verse 16
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    4¶ Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

    5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

    6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

  5. Isaiah 53:8Rank 5 from verse 16
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    8He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

From verse 17

  1. Psalms 22:16Rank 1 from verse 17
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    16For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

  2. Psalms 116:3Rank 2 from verse 17
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    3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

  3. Psalms 69:1–2Rank 3 from verse 17
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    1SAVE me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

    2I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

  4. Job 16:12–13Rank 4 from verse 17
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    12I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

    13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

  5. Job 30:14–15Rank 5 from verse 17
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    14They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.

    15Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.

From verse 18

  1. Psalms 88:8Rank 1 from verse 18
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    8Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

  2. Psalms 38:11Rank 2 from verse 18
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    11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

  3. Job 19:12–15Rank 3 from verse 18
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    12His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.

    13He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.

    14My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.

    15They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

  4. Psalms 31:11Rank 4 from verse 18
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    11I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.

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DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 88:13

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

cried

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1. Called out, shouted, proclaimed, warned, wailed, or otherwise uttered, often loudly. 2. Appealed, prayed, complained, or called for help, justice, or attention.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

morning

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Sense 1: The beginning or early part of the day, including hours before daylight. Sense 2: The dawn or a beginning compared with dawn.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 88:14

COMBINED MEANING

castest

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Second-person singular present form of cast. Sense 1: To throw, send, put, lay, or direct a person or thing into, upon, around, toward, or away from a place, or into a stated condition. Sense 2: To put away, reject, expel, remove, overthrow, or bring down. Sense 3: To put forth or use a lot for choosing, dividing, or assigning. Sense 4: To form an object by pouring molten material into a mould. Sense 5: To shed, drop, or bring forth young, fruit, leaves, or flowers. Sense 6: To raise, form, or prepare a bank, mount, trench, or way.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

soul

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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

face

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The front of the head and its countenance or expression; the front, surface, outward appearance, presence, view, or personally known identity of a person, place, or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 88:15

COMBINED MEANING

ready

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Prepared; in a state requiring no delay; willing or prompt.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

youth

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Sense 1: The period of life following childhood and preceding mature age. Sense 2: A young person or young people.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

suffer

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1. To permit, allow, let, or tolerate. 2. To endure, bear, experience, undergo, or be subjected to something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 88:16

COMBINED MEANING

wrath

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Fierce anger, indignation, displeasure, rage, or the punitive judgment and destructive action that proceed from it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

cut

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Sense 1: To divide, sever, remove, or wound with a sharp instrument. Sense 2: Figuratively, to grieve deeply or bring to an end.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 88:17

COMBINED MEANING

about

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1. Around or near in place, position, or movement; on every side, in a circuit, from place to place, or turned from one direction or state toward another. 2. Approximately in number, measure, distance, or time. 3. Concerning, occupied with, or engaged in a matter. 4. On the point of, intending, or attempting an action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

like

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Sense 1: Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely. Sense 2: A like person or thing; an equal or counterpart. Sense 3: To please, choose, or regard with favour.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

water

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Sense 1: The common liquid necessary for life. Sense 2: As a verb, to supply with water, irrigate, or cause to drink.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

compassed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of compass, meaning to go around, surround, enclose, or encircle.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 88:18

COMBINED MEANING

friend

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One joined to another by affection, goodwill, or alliance; to support or befriend.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hast

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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

put

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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

darkness

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Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

13But unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

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14Lord, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

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15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

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16Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

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17They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

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18Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.

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