Psalms 88 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 O LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out to you by day. I come to you at night. 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 Now hear my prayer; 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 full of troubles, and death draws near. 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 as good as dead, like a strong man with no strength left. 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 They have left me among the dead, and I lie like a corpse in a grave. I am forgotten, cut off from your care. 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 thrown me into the lowest pit, into 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 weighs me down; with wave after wave you have engulfed me. 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 have driven my friends away by making me repulsive to them. I am in a trap with no way of escape. 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 are blinded by my tears. Each day I beg for your help, O LORD; I lift my hands to you for mercy. 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 Are your wonderful deeds of any use to the dead? Do the dead rise up and 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 those in the grave declare your unfailing love? Can they proclaim your faithfulness in the place of 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 Can the darkness speak of your wonderful deeds? Can anyone in the land of forgetfulness talk about your righteousness? 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 O LORD, I cry out to you. I will keep on pleading day by day. 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 O LORD, why do you reject me? Why do you turn 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 I have been sick and close to death since my youth. I stand helpless and desperate before your terrors. 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 fierce anger has overwhelmed me. Your terrors have paralyzed me. Your wrath has swept over me; your dreadful assaults destroy me. Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me.
17 They swirl around me like floodwaters all day long. They have engulfed me completely. 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 have taken away my companions and loved ones. Darkness is my closest friend. 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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