Psalms 88
1 A song. A psalm of the descendants of Korah. For the music director. To the tune “Mahalath Leannoth.” A maskil by Heman the Ezrahite Lord, God of my salvation, I cry out to you day and night.
song melody to/for son: descendant/people Korah to/for to conduct upon Mahalath to/for to sing Maskil to/for Heman [the] Ezrahite LORD God salvation my day to cry in/on/with night before you
2 Please listen to my prayer; hear my words as I plead with you.
to come (in): come to/for face: before your prayer my to stretch ear your to/for cry my
for to satisfy in/on/with distress: harm soul my and life my to/for hell: Sheol to touch (Sheol h7585)
4 I'm counted among the dying; a man with no strength.
to devise: count with to go down pit to be like/as great man nothing strength
5 I am abandoned among the dead, lying like a corpse in the grave, forgotten and beyond your care.
in/on/with to die free like slain: killed to lie down: be dead grave which not to remember them still and they(masc.) from hand your to cut
6 You have placed me in a deep pit, in the depths of darkness.
to set: put me in/on/with pit lower in/on/with darkness in/on/with depth
7 Your hostility crushes me; you are drowning me under your crashing waves. (Selah)
upon me to support rage your and all wave your to afflict (Selah)
8 You have made my friends avoid me by making me look repulsive to them. I'm trapped, I can't go out.
to remove to know my from me to set: make me abomination to/for them to restrain and not to come out: come
9 I've cried my eyes out begging you every day for your help, Lord, holding out my hands to you.
eye my to languish from affliction to call: call to you LORD in/on/with all day to spread to(wards) you palm my
10 Do you do miracles among the dead? Do the dead stand up to praise you? (Selah)
to/for to die to make: do wonder if: surely no shade to arise: rise to give thanks you (Selah)
11 Your faithful love—is it mentioned in the grave? Your trustworthiness—is it discussed in the place of destruction?
to recount in/on/with grave kindness your faithfulness your in/on/with Abaddon
12 Are the wonderful things you do known in the darkness? Is your goodness known in the land of forgetfulness?
to know in/on/with darkness wonder your and righteousness your in/on/with land: country/planet forgetfulness
13 But I cry out to you for help; every morning I pray to you.
and I to(wards) you LORD to cry and in/on/with morning prayer my to meet you
14 Lord, why do you reject me? Why do you turn away from me?
to/for what? LORD to reject soul my to hide face your from me
15 I have been sick since I was young, often at death's door. I have had to bear the terrible things you've done to me. I'm in despair!
afflicted I and to die from youth to lift: bear terror your to distract
16 Your anger has overcome me; the terrible things you do have destroyed me.
upon me to pass burning anger your terror your to destroy me
17 They surround me all the time like floodwaters, swallowing me up.
to turn: surround me like/as water all [the] day to surround upon me unitedness
18 You have made my family and friends avoid me. Darkness is my only friend.
to remove from me to love: lover and neighbor to know my darkness
