Psalms 88 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 A song, the psalme of the sonnes of Corach, to the chiefe musition vpon Mahalath Leannoth, a wise instruction of Heman the Ezrahite. O God the Lorde of my saluation, I crye day and night before thee: O LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out day and night before you. A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah. For the director of music. According to mahalath leannoth. A maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. LORD, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you.
2 (88:1) let my prayer enter into thy presence, encline thyne eare vnto my crying. Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry! May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry.
3 (88:2) For my soule is full of miserie: and my life toucheth the graue. For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life draws near to death.
4 (88:3) I am counted as one of them that go downe vnto the pit: and I am nowe become a man that hath no strength. I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am a man who has no strength, I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like one without strength.
5 (88:4) I am free among the dead: like such as beyng kylled lye in a graue, whom thou remembrest no more, and are cut away from thy hande. like one set loose among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, like those whom you remember no more, for they are cut off from your hand. I am set apart with the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, who are cut off from your care.
6 (88:5) Thou hast layde me in the lowest pit: in darknes and in deepenes. You have put me in the depths of the pit, in the regions dark and deep. You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
7 (88:6) Thyne indignation sore presseth me: and thou hast vexed me with all thy stormes. Selah. Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah Your wrath lies heavily on me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.
8 (88:7) Thou hast put away myne acquaintaunce farre from me, and made me to be abhorred of them: I am shut vp, I can not get foorth. You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape; You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape;
9 (88:8) My sight fayleth through my affliction O God: I haue called dayly vpon thee, I haue stretched out mine handes vnto thee. my eye grows dim through sorrow. Every day I call upon you, O LORD; I spread out my hands to you. my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, LORD, every day; I spread out my hands to you.
10 (88:9) Wylt thou worke a miracle amongst the dead? or shal the dead rise vp againe and acknowledge thee? Selah. Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah Do you show your wonders to the dead? Do their spirits rise up and praise you?
11 (88:10) Shall thy louing kindnes be talked of in the graue? or thy faythfulnes in destruction? Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon? Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction?
12 (88:11) Shall thy wonderous workes be knowen in the darke? and thy righteousnes in the lande of forgetfulnes? Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? Are your wonders known in the place of darkness, or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?
13 (88:12) But vnto thee do I crye O God: and my prayer commeth early in the morning before thee. But I, O LORD, cry to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you. But I cry to you for help, LORD; in the morning my prayer comes before you.
14 (88:13) O God, why abhorrest thou my soule: and why hidest thou thy face from me? O LORD, why do you cast my soul away? Why do you hide your face from me? Why, LORD, do you reject me and hide your face from me?
15 (88:14) I am in miserie, I labour euen from my youth with the panges of death: I haue suffered thy terrours, and I am styll in doubt. Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am helpless. From my youth I have suffered and been close to death; I have borne your terrors and am in despair.
16 (88:15) Thyne indignation hath gone ouer me: and thy terrours haue vndone me. Your wrath has swept over me; your dreadful assaults destroy me. Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me.
17 (88:16) They came rounde about me dayly lyke water: and compassed me altogether on euery syde. They surround me like a flood all day long; they close in on me together. All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me.
18 (88:17) Thou hast put a way farre from me my frende and neighbour: thou hast hid mine acquaintaunce out of sight. You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me; my companions have become darkness. You have taken from me friend and neighbor— darkness is my closest friend.
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