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 by the sons of Korah. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Suffering of Affliction." A contemplation by Heman, the Ezrahite.] LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.

2 to come (in): come to/for face: before your prayer my to stretch ear your to/for cry my

Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn 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. 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 who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,

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

set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.

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 depths.

7 upon me to support rage your and all wave your to afflict (Selah)

Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. (Selah)

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 taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can't 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 are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, LORD. I have 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 show wonders to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? (Selah)

11 to recount in/on/with grave kindness your faithfulness your in/on/with Abaddon

Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction?

12 to know in/on/with darkness wonder your and righteousness your in/on/with land: country/planet forgetfulness

Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

13 and I to(wards) you LORD to cry and in/on/with morning prayer my to meet you

But to you, LORD, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you.

14 to/for what? LORD to reject soul my to hide face your from me

LORD, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?

15 afflicted I and to die from youth to lift: bear terror your to distract

I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.

16 upon me to pass burning anger your terror your to destroy me

Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me off.

17 to turn: surround me like/as water all [the] day to surround upon me unitedness

They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.

18 to remove from me to love: lover and neighbor to know my darkness

You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness.