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Psalms 88:6

88:5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. from: or, by
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

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You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.

Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

You have laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

88:7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

What does Psalms 88:6 mean?

Psalms 88:6 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שִׁית (shîyth), תַּחְתִּי (tachtîy), בּוֹר (bôwr).

Hebrew interlinear

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Thou
hast
laidשִׁיתshîyth/sheeth/H7896to place (in a very wide application)
me
in
the
lowestתַּחְתִּיtachtîy/takh-tee'/H8482lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)
pit,בּוֹרbôwr/bore/H953a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
in
darkness,מַחְשָׁךְmachshâk/makh-shawk'/H4285darkness; concretely, a dark place
in
the
deeps.מְצוֹלָהmᵉtsôwlâh/mets-o-law'/H4688a deep place (of water or mud)

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What does Psalms 88:6 say?

Psalms 88:6 (King James Version) reads: "Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps."

Is Psalms 88:6 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 88:6 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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