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Psalms 88:15

88:14 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.

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I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.

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

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

88:16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

What does Psalms 88:15 mean?

Psalms 88:15 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עָנִי (ʻânîy), גָּוַע (gâvaʻ), נֹעַר (nôʻar).

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I
am
afflictedעָנִיʻânîy/aw-nee'/H6041depressed, in mind or circumstances
and
ready
to
dieגָּוַעgâvaʻ/gaw-vah'/H1478to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire
from
my
youthנֹעַרnôʻar/no'-ar/H5290(abstractly) boyhood
up:
while
I
sufferנָשָׂאnâsâʼ/naw-saw'/H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
thy
terrorsאֵימָהʼêymâh/ay-maw'/H367fright; concrete, an idol (as a bugbear)
I
am
distracted.פּוּןpûwn/poon/H6323be perplexed

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What does Psalms 88:15 say?

Psalms 88:15 (King James Version) reads: "I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted."

Is Psalms 88:15 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 88:15 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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