Psalmorum 88
1 Psalmus, Canticum psalmi, in finem, filiis Core, pro Maheleth ad respondendum, intellectus Eman Israelitae. Domine Deus salutis meae: in die clamavi, et nocte coram te.
A song of a Psalm for the sons of Core for the end, upon Maeleth for responsive [strains], of instruction for Aeman the Israelite. O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried by day and in the night before thee.
2 Intret in conspectu tuo oratio mea: inclina aurem tuam ad precem meam:
Let my prayer come in before thee; incline thine ear to my supplication, O Lord.
For my soul is filled with troubles, and my life has drawn nigh to Hades. (Sheol h7585)
4 Aestimatus sum cum descendentibus in lacum: factus sum sicut homo sine adiutorio,
I have been reckoned with them that go down to the pit; I became as a man without help;
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, as the slain ones cast out, who sleep in the tomb; whom thou rememberest no more; and they are rejected from thy hand.
6 Posuerunt me in lacu inferiori: in tenebrosis, et in umbra mortis.
They laid me in the lowest pit, in dark [places], and in the shadow of death.
7 Super me confirmatus est furor tuus: et omnes fluctus tuos induxisti super me.
Thy wrath has pressed heavily upon me, and thou hast brought upon me all thy billows. (Pause)
8 Longe fecisti notos meos a me: posuerunt me abominationem sibi. Traditus sum, et non egrediebar:
Thou hast removed my acquaintance far from me; they have made me an abomination to themselves; I have been delivered up, and have not gone forth.
9 oculi mei languerunt prae inopia. Clamavi ad te Domine tota die: expandi ad te manus meas.
Mine eyes are dimmed from poverty; but I cried to thee, O Lord, all the day; I spread forth my hands to thee.
10 Numquid mortuis facies mirabilia: aut medici suscitabunt, et confitebuntur tibi?
Wilt thou work wonders for the dead? or shall physicians raise [them] up, that they shall praise thee?
11 Numquid narrabit aliquis in sepulchro misericordiam tuam, et veritatem tuam in perditione?
Shall any one declare thy mercy in the tomb? and thy truth in destruction?
12 Numquid cognoscentur in tenebris mirabilia tua: et iustitia tua in terra oblivionis?
Shall thy wonders be known in darkness? and thy righteousness in a forgotten land?
13 Et ego ad te, Domine, clamavi, et mane oratio mea praeveniet te.
But I cried to thee, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
14 Ut quid Domine repellis orationem meam: avertis faciem tuam a me?
Wherefore, O Lord, dost thou reject my prayer, [and] turn thy face away from me?
15 Pauper sum ego, et in laboribus a iuventute mea: exaltatus autem, humiliatus sum et conturbatus.
I am poor and in troubles from my youth; and having been exalted, I was brought low and into despair.
16 In me transierunt irae tuae: et terrores tui conturbaverunt me.
Thy wrath has passed over me; and thy terrors have greatly disquieted me.
17 Circumdederunt me sicut aqua tota die: circumdederunt me simul.
They compassed me like water; all the day they beset me together.
18 Elongasti a me amicum, et proximum: et notos meos a miseria.
Thou hast put far from me [every] friend, and mine acquaintances because of [my] wretchedness.
