Psalms 88
1 A Song [or] Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day [and] night before thee:
詠【哀怨歌】 科辣黑子孫的詩歌，交於樂官，悲調歌唱。 上主，我的天主，我白天禱告，我黑夜在您的面前哀號。
2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
願我的祈禱上前達您前，求您側耳聽我的呼喊。
因我的心靈飽受災難，我的性命已臨近陰間； (Sheol h7585)
4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man [that hath] no strength:
我已被列在進入墳墓的人中，我已變成與無氣力的人相同。
5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
我的床榻舖在死人的中間，與葬於墳墓者的屍身作伴，您已不再記念他們，您已不再照顧他們。
6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
您把我放在極深的坑間，您把我置於黑暗和深淵。
7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted [me] with all thy waves. (Selah)
您的忿怒氣燄重壓著我，您的大浪巨濤苦害著我。
8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: [I am] shut up, and I cannot come forth.
您叫我的知己離我遠去，您使我被他們痛恨厭惡；我受他們拘留不得外出。
9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
我的眼睛痛苦而憔悴，上主，我天天在呼號著您，也把我的雙手向您舉起。
10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise [and] praise thee? (Selah)
難道您還要給死人發顯奇跡，或是去世的人會起來稱謝您？
11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? [or] thy faithfulness in destruction?
難道在墳墓裏還有人稱述您的仁慈，或者在陰府內還有人宣揚您的信義？
12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
難道在幽暗處能有人明瞭您的奇蹟？或者在遺忘區還有人曉得您的正義？
13 But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
但是上主，我現今呼號您，我的祈禱早晨上達於您；
14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? [why] hidest thou thy face from me?
上主，您為什麼捨棄了我的靈魂？又為什麼向我掩起了您的慈容？
15 I [am] afflicted and ready to die from [my] youth up: [while] I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
我自幼受苦，幾乎死去，受您的威嚇，萬分恐懼；
16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
您的盛怒將我淹沒，您的威嚇使我死掉，
17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
像水一樣常環繞著我，由四周齊來緊圍著我。
18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, [and] mine acquaintance into darkness.
您使親友同伴將我離棄，黑暗成了我的家人知己。
