King James Version

Psalms 88:3

For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 88:4.

כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…שָֽׂבְעָ֣הsaveahfillשָׂבַעverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “fill”, a completed actionH7646to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.בְרָע֣וֹתveraotin badרַעpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “in bad”, the ordinary formH7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery…נַפְשִׁ֑יnafshicreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…וְחַיַּ֗יvechayayand lifeחַיconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and life”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.לִשְׁא֥וֹלlisholto graveשְׁאוֹלpreposition, noun, proper name — “to grave”H7585Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmatesgrave, hell, pit.הִגִּֽיעוּhigivreachנָגַעverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “reach”, a completed actionH5060properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.)beat, ([idiom] be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(88-4) For my soul is sated with troubles, and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

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American Standard Version (1901)

For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.

Young’s Literal Translation

For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol.

World English Bible

For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.

Darby Translation

For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draweth nigh to Sheol.

Douay-Rheims

For thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever in the heavens: thy truth shall be prepared in them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(88-4) For my soul is sated with troubles, and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For my soul is filled with troubles, and my life has drawn nigh to Hades.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὅτι ἐπλήσθη κακῶν ἡ ψυχή μου, καὶ ἡ ζωή μου τῷ ᾅδῃ ἤγγισε.