Psalms 88
1 A Song, a Psalm for the sons of Korah. To the chief Musician. Upon Mahalath Leannoth. An instruction. Of Heman the Ezrahite. Jehovah, God of my salvation, I have cried by day [and] in the night before thee.
He waiata, he himene ma nga tama a Koraha. Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Maharata Reanoto. He Makiri na Hemana Eterahi. E Ihowa, e te Atua o toku whakaoranga, he tangi taku ki tou aroaro i te ao, i te po.
2 Let my prayer come before thee; incline thine ear unto my cry.
Kia tae atu taku inoi ki tou aroaro: whakatitahatia mai tou taringa ki taku tangi.
Kua ki hoki toku wairua i te pouri, a e whakatata ana toku ora ki te reinga. (Sheol h7585)
4 I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no strength:
Kua taua tahitia ahau me te hunga e heke ana ki te rua; e rite ana ahau ki te tangata kahore ona awhina!
5 Prostrate among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave; whom thou rememberest no more, and who are cut off from thy hand.
I maka ki waenga i nga tupapaku, me he tangata i patua e takoto ana i te urupa, kahore nei e maharatia e koe i muri; he mea momotu ke ratou na tou ringa.
6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the deeps.
Kua whakatakotoria ahau e koe ki te rua i raro riro, ki te pouri, ki nga rire.
7 Thy fury lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted [me] with all thy waves. (Selah)
E pehia ana ahau e tou riri, e pakia ana hoki e koe ki au ngaru katoa. (Hera)
8 Thou hast put my familiar friends far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
Kua whakamataratia atu e koe oku hoa kia tawhiti i ahau: kua meinga ahau e koe hei mea whakarihariha ki a ratou: kua uakina mai ahau, a kahore e puta ki waho.
9 Mine eye consumeth by reason of affliction. Upon thee, Jehovah, have I called every day; I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
Kua he toku kanohi i te tangihanga: e karanga ana ahau ki a koe, e Ihowa, i nga ra katoa, kua totoro hoki oku ringa ki a koe.
10 Wilt thou do wonders to the dead? shall the shades arise and praise thee? (Selah)
Tera ranei koe e mahi merekara ki nga tupapaku? E ara koia te hunga kua mate ki te whakamoemiti ki a koe? (Hera)
11 Shall thy loving-kindness be declared in the grave? thy faithfulness in Destruction?
Ka kauwhautia ranei tou aroha i roto i te urupa? tou pono i roto i te ngaromanga?
12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
E matauria koia au mea whakamiharo i roto i te pouri? tou tika i te whenua o te warewaretanga?
13 But as for me, Jehovah, I cry unto thee, and in the morning my prayer cometh before thee.
Ko ahau ia kua karanga ki a koe, e Ihowa: a i te ata ka tae atu taku inoi ki tou aroaro.
14 Why, O Jehovah, castest thou off my soul? [why] hidest thou thy face from me?
He aha, e Ihowa, i panga ai toku wairua e koe? He aha i huna ai tou mata ki ahau?
15 I am afflicted and expiring from my youth up; I suffer thy terrors, [and] I am distracted.
No toku tamarikitanga ake ano i pakia ai ahau, i whakahemohemo ai: i ahau e pehia ana e au whakawehi, ka pororaru noa iho.
16 Thy fierce anger hath gone over me; thy terrors have brought me to nought:
I tika tou riri nui ma runga i ahau; kua haukotia ahau e au mea whakawehi.
17 They have surrounded me all the day like water; they have compassed me about together.
Ano he wai ratou ki te karapoti i ahau i te ra roa nei; hui tahi ratou ki te taiawhio i ahau.
18 Lover and associate hast thou put far from me: my familiar friends are darkness.
Kua wehea e koe kia tawhiti atu i ahau te hoa hei aroha mai, me oku hoa ki roto ki te pouri.
