Psalms 88 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 LORD, God of my salvation, by day and by night I cry out before you. 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 Let my prayer come before you; listen to my cry. 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 For my life is filled with troubles as I approach Sheol. 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 I am considered as one of those descending into the Pit, like a mighty man without 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 released to remain with the dead, lying in a grave like a corpse, remembered no longer, and cut off from your power. 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 You have assigned me to the lowest part of the Pit, to the darkest depths. 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 Your anger lies heavily upon me; you pound me with all your waves. Interlude 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 You caused my acquaintances to shun me; you make me extremely abhorrent to them. Restrained, I am unable to go out. 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 My eyes languish on account of my affliction; all day long I call out to you, LORD, I spread out my hands to you. 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 Can you perform wonders for the dead? Can departed spirits stand up to praise you? Interlude 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 Can your gracious love be declared in the grave or your faithfulness in Abaddon? 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 Can your awesome deeds be known in darkness or your righteousness in the land of oblivion? 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 As for me, I cry out to you LORD, and in the morning my prayer greets you. 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 Why, LORD, have you rejected me? Why have you hidden your 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 Since my youth I have been oppressed and in danger of death. I bear your dread and am overwhelmed. 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 Your burning anger overwhelms me; your terrors destroy me. Your wrath has swept over me; your dreadful assaults destroy me. Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me.
17 Like waters, they engulf me all day long; they surround me on all sides. 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 You caused my friend and neighbor to shun me; and my acquaintances are confused. 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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