Psalms 88
1 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
A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.
2 to come (in): come to/for face: before your prayer my to stretch ear your to/for cry my
May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.
3 for to satisfy in/on/with distress: harm soul my and life my to/for hell: Sheol to touch (Sheol h7585)
For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
4 to devise: count with to go down pit to be like/as great man nothing strength
I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.
5 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
I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care.
6 to set: put me in/on/with pit lower in/on/with darkness in/on/with depth
You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.
7 upon me to support rage your and all wave your to afflict (Selah)
Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me.
8 to remove to know my from me to set: make me abomination to/for them to restrain and not to come out: come
You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.
9 eye my to languish from affliction to call: call to you LORD in/on/with all day to spread to(wards) you palm my
My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
10 to/for to die to make: do wonder if: surely no shade to arise: rise to give thanks you (Selah)
Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You?
11 to recount in/on/with grave kindness your faithfulness your in/on/with Abaddon
Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon?
12 to know in/on/with darkness wonder your and righteousness your in/on/with land: country/planet forgetfulness
Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
13 and I to(wards) you LORD to cry and in/on/with morning prayer my to meet you
But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.
14 to/for what? LORD to reject soul my to hide face your from me
Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
15 afflicted I and to die from youth to lift: bear terror your to distract
From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
16 upon me to pass burning anger your terror your to destroy me
Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
17 to turn: surround me like/as water all [the] day to surround upon me unitedness
All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.
18 to remove from me to love: lover and neighbor to know my darkness
You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
