King James Version

Psalms 88:15

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 88:16.

עָ֘נִ֤יaniafflictedעָנִיadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “afflicted”, the ordinary formH6041depressed, in mind or circumstancesafflicted, humble, lowly, needy, poor.אֲנִ֣יanimineאֲנִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.וְגֹוֵ֣עַvegoveaand give up the ghostגָּוַעconjunction, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “and give up the ghost”, a verb used as a describing wordH1478to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expiredie, be dead, give up the ghost, perish.מִנֹּ֑עַרminoarfrom childנֹעַרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from child”, the ordinary formH5290(abstractly) boyhoodchild, youth.נָשָׂ֖אתִיnasatilift upנָשָׂאverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “lift up”, a completed actionH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…אֵמֶ֣יךָemeykhaidolאֵימָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “idol”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH367fright; concrete, an idol (as a bugbear)dread, fear, horror, idol, terrible, terror.אָפֽוּנָהafunahbe distractedפּוּןverb, qal, cohortative, 1st person, common, singular — “be distracted”, a determination or requestH6323be perplexedbe distracted.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(88-16) I am afflicted and at the point of death from my youth up; I have borne Thy terrors, I am distracted.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

I [am] afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors — I pine away.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

I am afflicted and expiring from my youth up; I suffer thy terrors, [and] I am distracted.

Douay-Rheims

Justice and judgment are the preparation of thy throne. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(88-16) I am afflicted and at the point of death from my youth up; I have borne Thy terrors, I am distracted.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I am poor and in troubles from my youth; and having been exalted, I was brought low and into despair.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Πτωχός εἰμι ἐγὼ καὶ ἐν κόποις ἐκ νεότητός μου, ὑψωθεὶς δὲ ἐταπεινώθην καὶ ἐξηπορήθην.