Psalms 88
1 A song of a Psalm for the sons of Core for the end, upon Maeleth for responsive [strains], of instruction for Aeman the Israelite. O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried by day and in the night before you.
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 Let my prayer come in before you; incline your ear to my supplication, O Lord.
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 have been reckoned with them that go down to the pit; I became as a man without help;
to devise: count with to go down pit to be like/as great man nothing strength
5 free among the dead, as the slain ones cast out, who sleep in the tomb; whom you remember no more; and they are rejected from your hand.
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 They laid me in the lowest pit, in dark [places], and in the shadow of death.
to set: put me in/on/with pit lower in/on/with darkness in/on/with depth
7 Your wrath has pressed heavily upon me, and you have brought upon me all your billows. (Pause)
upon me to support rage your and all wave your to afflict (Selah)
8 You have removed my acquaintance far from me; they have made me an abomination to themselves; I have been delivered up, and have not gone forth.
to remove to know my from me to set: make me abomination to/for them to restrain and not to come out: come
9 Mine eyes are dimmed from poverty; but I cried to you, O Lord, all the day; I spread forth 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 Will you work wonders for the dead? or shall physicians raise [them] up, that they shall praise you?
to/for to die to make: do wonder if: surely no shade to arise: rise to give thanks you (Selah)
11 Shall any one declare your mercy in the tomb? and your truth in destruction?
to recount in/on/with grave kindness your faithfulness your in/on/with Abaddon
12 Shall your wonders be known in darkness? and your righteousness in a forgotten land?
to know in/on/with darkness wonder your and righteousness your in/on/with land: country/planet forgetfulness
13 But I cried to you, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent you.
and I to(wards) you LORD to cry and in/on/with morning prayer my to meet you
14 Therefore, O Lord, do you reject my prayer, [and] turn your face away from me?
to/for what? LORD to reject soul my to hide face your from me
15 I am poor and in troubles from my youth; and having been exalted, I was brought low and into despair.
afflicted I and to die from youth to lift: bear terror your to distract
16 Your wrath has passed over me; and your terrors have greatly disquieted me.
upon me to pass burning anger your terror your to destroy me
17 They compassed me like water; all the day they beset me together.
to turn: surround me like/as water all [the] day to surround upon me unitedness
18 You have put far from me [every] friend, and mine acquaintances because of [my] wretchedness.
to remove from me to love: lover and neighbor to know my darkness
