Psalms 88 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 A song of chanting to the sons of Korah to the overseer upon the lute, for affliction of instruction, for Heman the Ezrabite. O Jehovah, God of my salvation, the day have I cried in the 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 My prayer shall come before thee: incline thine ear to my wailing; 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 soul was filled with evils, and my life touched upon hades. 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 was reckoned with those going down to the pit: I was as a man of 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 Free among the dead, as they wounded lying down in the grave, whom thou no more didst remember them, and they were cut off by thy hand. 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 Thou didst set me in the pit beneath, in darknesses, in the shades. 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 Thy wrath lay upon me, and thou didst afflict with all thy breakers. Silence. 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 Thou didst remove far from me mine acquaintance; thou didst set me an abomination to them: I was shut up, and I shall not go forth. 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 Mine eye languished from affliction: I called to thee, O Jehovah, in all the day, I stretched my hands to 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 Wilt thou do wonder to the dead? if the shades shall arise, shall they praise thee? Silence. 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 Shall thy mercy be recounted in the grave, thy faithfulness 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 Shall thy wonder be known in darkness, and thy justice in a 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 And to thee, O Jehovah, I cried, and in the morning shall my prayer anticipate 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 Wherefore, O Jehovah, wilt thou cast off my soul? wilt thou hide 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 I am poor and expiring from youth: I bore thy terrors; I shall be perplexed. 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 Upon me thy burnings passed over; thy terrors made me silent. Your wrath has swept over me; your dreadful assaults destroy me. Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me.
17 They surrounded me as water all the day; they folded round about me together. 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 Thou didst remove far from me lover and friend, mine acquaintance into darkness. 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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