Psalms 88
1 A SONG. A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH. TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] ON “SICKNESS TO AFFLICT.” AN INSTRUCTION OF HEMAN THE EZRAHITE. O YHWH, God of my salvation, Daily I have cried, nightly 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 My prayer comes in before You, Incline Your ear to my loud cry,
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 those going down [to] the pit, I have been as a man without strength.
to devise: count with to go down pit to be like/as great man nothing strength
5 Among the dead—free, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom You have not remembered anymore, Indeed, they have been cut off by 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 You have put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths.
to set: put me in/on/with pit lower in/on/with darkness in/on/with depth
7 Your fury has lain on me, And You have afflicted [with] all Your breakers. (Selah)
upon me to support rage your and all wave your to afflict (Selah)
8 You have put my acquaintance far from me, You have made me an abomination to them, Shut up—I do not go 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 My eye has grieved because of affliction, I called You, O YHWH, all the day, I have spread 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 wonders to the dead? Does Rephaim rise? Do they thank You? (Selah)
to/for to die to make: do wonder if: surely no shade to arise: rise to give thanks you (Selah)
11 Is Your kindness recounted in the grave? Your faithfulness in destruction?
to recount in/on/with grave kindness your faithfulness your in/on/with Abaddon
12 Are Your wonders known in the darkness? And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
to know in/on/with darkness wonder your and righteousness your in/on/with land: country/planet forgetfulness
13 And I, to You, O YHWH, I have cried, And in the morning my prayer comes before You.
and I to(wards) you LORD to cry and in/on/with morning prayer my to meet you
14 Why, O YHWH, do You cast off my soul? You hide Your face from me.
to/for what? LORD to reject soul my to hide face your from me
15 I [am] afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Your terrors—I pine away.
afflicted I and to die from youth to lift: bear terror your to distract
16 Your wrath has passed over me, Your terrors have cut me off,
upon me to pass burning anger your terror your to destroy me
17 They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone around against me together,
to turn: surround me like/as water all [the] day to surround upon me unitedness
18 You have put lover and friend far from me, My acquaintance [is] the place of darkness!
to remove from me to love: lover and neighbor to know my darkness
