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.
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 Please listen to my prayer; hear my words as I plead with you.
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'm counted among the dying; a man with 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 I am abandoned among the dead, lying like a corpse in the grave, forgotten and beyond your care.
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 You have placed me in a deep pit, in the depths of darkness.
Kua whakatakotoria ahau e koe ki te rua i raro riro, ki te pouri, ki nga rire.
7 Your hostility crushes me; you are drowning me under your crashing waves. (Selah)
E pehia ana ahau e tou riri, e pakia ana hoki e koe ki au ngaru katoa. (Hera)
8 You have made my friends avoid me by making me look repulsive to them. I'm trapped, I can't go out.
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 I've cried my eyes out begging you every day for your help, Lord, holding out my hands to you.
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 Do you do miracles among the dead? Do the dead stand up to praise you? (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 Your faithful love—is it mentioned in the grave? Your trustworthiness—is it discussed in the place of destruction?
Ka kauwhautia ranei tou aroha i roto i te urupa? tou pono i roto i te ngaromanga?
12 Are the wonderful things you do known in the darkness? Is your goodness known 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 I cry out to you for help; every morning I pray to you.
Ko ahau ia kua karanga ki a koe, e Ihowa: a i te ata ka tae atu taku inoi ki tou aroaro.
14 Lord, why do you reject me? Why do you turn away from me?
He aha, e Ihowa, i panga ai toku wairua e koe? He aha i huna ai tou mata ki ahau?
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!
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 Your anger has overcome me; the terrible things you do have destroyed me.
I tika tou riri nui ma runga i ahau; kua haukotia ahau e au mea whakawehi.
17 They surround me all the time like floodwaters, swallowing me up.
Ano he wai ratou ki te karapoti i ahau i te ra roa nei; hui tahi ratou ki te taiawhio i ahau.
18 You have made my family and friends avoid me. Darkness is my only friend.
Kua wehea e koe kia tawhiti atu i ahau te hoa hei aroha mai, me oku hoa ki roto ki te pouri.
