Psalms 88
1 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.
He waiata, he himene ma nga tama a Koraha. Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Maharata Reanoto. He Makiri na Hemana Eterahi. E Ihowa, e te Atua o toku whakaoranga, he tangi taku ki tou aroaro i te ao, i te po.
2 Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.
Kia tae atu taku inoi ki tou aroaro: whakatitahatia mai tou taringa ki taku tangi.
Kua ki hoki toku wairua i te pouri, a e whakatata ana toku ora ki te reinga. (Sheol h7585)
4 I am counted amongst those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,
Kua taua tahitia ahau me te hunga e heke ana ki te rua; e rite ana ahau ki te tangata kahore ona awhina!
5 set apart amongst the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.
I maka ki waenga i nga tupapaku, me he tangata i patua e takoto ana i te urupa, kahore nei e maharatia e koe i muri; he mea momotu ke ratou na tou ringa.
6 You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
Kua whakatakotoria ahau e koe ki te rua i raro riro, ki te pouri, ki nga rire.
7 Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. (Selah)
E pehia ana ahau e tou riri, e pakia ana hoki e koe ki au ngaru katoa. (Hera)
8 You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can’t escape.
Kua whakamataratia atu e koe oku hoa kia tawhiti i ahau: kua meinga ahau e koe hei mea whakarihariha ki a ratou: kua uakina mai ahau, a kahore e puta ki waho.
9 My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, LORD. I have spread out my hands to you.
Kua he toku kanohi i te tangihanga: e karanga ana ahau ki a koe, e Ihowa, i nga ra katoa, kua totoro hoki oku ringa ki a koe.
10 Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and praise you? (Selah)
Tera ranei koe e mahi merekara ki nga tupapaku? E ara koia te hunga kua mate ki te whakamoemiti ki a koe? (Hera)
11 Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction?
Ka kauwhautia ranei tou aroha i roto i te urupa? tou pono i roto i te ngaromanga?
12 Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
E matauria koia au mea whakamiharo i roto i te pouri? tou tika i te whenua o te warewaretanga?
13 But to you, LORD, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you.
Ko ahau ia kua karanga ki a koe, e Ihowa: a i te ata ka tae atu taku inoi ki tou aroaro.
14 LORD, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?
He aha, e Ihowa, i panga ai toku wairua e koe? He aha i huna ai tou mata ki ahau?
15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.
No toku tamarikitanga ake ano i pakia ai ahau, i whakahemohemo ai: i ahau e pehia ana e au whakawehi, ka pororaru noa iho.
16 Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me off.
I tika tou riri nui ma runga i ahau; kua haukotia ahau e au mea whakawehi.
17 They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.
Ano he wai ratou ki te karapoti i ahau i te ra roa nei; hui tahi ratou ki te taiawhio i ahau.
18 You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness.
Kua wehea e koe kia tawhiti atu i ahau te hoa hei aroha mai, me oku hoa ki roto ki te pouri.
