Psalmorum 88
1 Canticum Psalmi, Filiis Core, in finem, pro Maheleth ad respondendum, intellectus Eman Ezrahitæ. Domine Deus salutis meæ: in die clamavi, et nocte coram te.
“A song or psalm of the sons of Korach, to the chief musician upon Machalath-le'annoth, a Maskil of Heman the Ezrachite.” O Lord the God of my salvation, by day do I cry, [and] at night I am before thee.
2 Intret in conspectu tuo oratio mea: inclina aurem tuam ad precem meam:
Let my prayer come unto thy presence; incline thy ear unto my entreaty.
For my soul is sated with troubles; and my life draweth nigh unto the nether world. (Sheol h7585)
4 Æstimatus sum cum descendentibus in lacum: factus sum sicut homo sine adiutorio,
I am counted with those that descend into the pit; I am become as a man without vigor:
5 inter mortuos liber, Sicut vulnerati dormientes in sepulchris, quorum non es memor amplius: et ipsi de manu tua repulsi sunt.
Free among the dead, like the slain that dwell in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more; and those that are cut off by thy hand.
6 Posuerunt me in lacu inferiori: in tenebrosis, et in umbra mortis.
Thou hast laid me in the pit of the lower world, in darkness, in the depths.
7 Super me confirmatus est furor tuus: et omnes fluctus tuos induxisti super me.
Upon me lieth heavily thy fury, and with all thy billows hast thou afflicted me. (Selah)
8 Longe fecisti notos meos a me: posuerunt me abominationem sibi. Traditus sum, et non egrediebar:
Thou hast removed my acquaintances far from me; thou hast rendered me an abomination unto them: I am imprisoned, and I cannot go forth.
9 oculi mei languerunt præ inopia. Clamavi ad te Domine tota die: expandi ad te manus meas.
My eye languisheth by reason of affliction: I call on thee, O Lord, every day, I stretch out unto thee my hands.
10 Numquid mortuis facies mirabilia: aut medici suscitabunt, et confitebuntur tibi?
Wilt thou display wonders to the dead? shall the departed arise [and] thank thee? (Selah)
11 Numquid narrabit aliquis in sepulchro misericordiam tuam, et veritatem tuam in perditione?
Shall thy kindness be related in the grave? thy faithfulness in the place of corruption?
12 Numquid cognoscentur in tenebris mirabilia tua: et iustitia tua in terra oblivionis?
Shall thy wonders be acknowledged in the darkness? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13 Et ego ad te, Domine, clamavi, et mane oratio mea præveniet te.
Yet I cry indeed aloud unto thee, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.
14 Ut quid Domine repellis orationem meam: avertis faciem tuam a me?
Why, O Lord, wilt thou cast off my soul? [why] wilt thou hide thy face from me?
15 Pauper sum ego, et in laboribus a iuventute mea: exaltatus autem, humiliatus sum et conturbatus.
I am afflicted and perishing from my youth up: I bear thy terrors, I am distracted.
16 In me transierunt iræ tuæ: et terrores tui conturbaverunt me.
Over me have the fires of thy wrath passed; thy terrors have destroyed me;
17 Circumdederunt me sicut aqua tota die: circumdederunt me simul.
They encompass me like water all the time; they have closed in round about me together.
18 Elongasti a me amicum, et proximum: et notos meos a miseria.
Thou hast removed far from me lover and friend, my acquaintances [are in] darkness.
