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Psalms 88:4

I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 88:5.

נֶ֭חְשַׁבְתִּיnechshavtiregardחָשַׁבverb, niphal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “regard”, a completed actionH2803properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute(make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.עִםimwithעִםpreposition — “with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).י֣וֹרְדֵיyoredebring downיָרַדverb, qal, participle, construct — “bring down”, a verb used as a describing wordH3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)[idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take…ב֑וֹרvorcisternבּוֹרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “cistern”, the ordinary formH953a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.הָ֝יִ֗יתִיhayitibeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.כְּגֶ֣בֶרkegeveras manגֶּבֶרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as man”, the ordinary formH1397properly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simplyevery one, man, [idiom] mighty.אֵֽיןeynelseאַיִןparticle, negative — “else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).אֱיָֽלeyalstrengthאֱיָלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “strength”, the ordinary formH353strengthstrength.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(88-5) I am counted with them that go down into the pit; I am become as a man that hath no help;

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American Standard Version (1901)

I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help,

Young’s Literal Translation

I have been reckoned with those going down [to] the pit, I have been as a man without strength.

World English Bible

I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,

Darby Translation

I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no strength:

Douay-Rheims

I have made a covenant with my elect: I have sworn to David my servant:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(88-5) I am counted with them that go down into the pit; I am become as a man that hath no help;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I have been reckoned with them that go down to the pit; I became as a man without help;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Προσελογίσθην μετὰ τῶν καταβαινόντων εἰς λάκκον, ἐγενήθην ὡς ἄνθρωπος ἀβοήθητος,