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 Melody. For the Sons of Korah. To the Chief Musician. On "Mahalath." For alternate Song. An Instructive Psalm. By Heman the Ezrahite. O Yahweh, God of my salvation, By day, have I made outcry, In the night, [also] before thee.

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

Let my prayer, come into thy presence, Bow down thine ear to my loud 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 sated with misfortunes, And, my life—unto Hades, hath drawn near; (Sheol h7585)

4 to devise: count with to go down pit to be like/as great man nothing strength

I am counted with them who descend into the pit, I have become as a man that is without 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

Among the dead, is my couch, —Like the slain that lie in the grave, Where thou rememberest them no more, Yea, they, from thy hand, are cut off;

6 to set: put me in/on/with pit lower in/on/with darkness in/on/with depth

Thou hast laid me, In the lowest pit, In dark places, In the deeps:

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

Upon me, hath rested thine indignation, And, with all thy breakers, hast thou caused affliction. (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

Thou hast far removed mine acquaintances from me, —Thou hast made me an abomination unto them, Shut up, and I cannot go forth!

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

Mine eye, hath dimmed through affliction; I have called upon thee, O Yahweh, all day long, I have spread out, unto thee, my hands.

10 to/for to die to make: do wonder if: surely no shade to arise: rise to give thanks you (Selah)

For the dead, wilt thou perform a wonder? Or shall, the shades, arising, give thee thanks? (Selah)

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

Shall Thy lovingkindness be recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness, in destruction?

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

Shall any wonder of thine, be known in the dark? Or, thy 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, I, unto thee, O Yahweh, have cried for help, And, in the morning, my prayer will confront thee!

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

Wherefore, O Yahweh, shouldst thou reject my soul? shouldst thou hide thy face from me?

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

Afflicted have I been, and dying, from youth, I have borne the terror of thee—I shall be distracted!

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

Over me, have passed thy bursts of burning anger, The alarms of thee have put an end to me;

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

They have surrounded me like waters, all the day, They have come circling against me together:

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

Thou hast far removed from me, lover and friend, Mine acquaintances, are in darkness.