Psalms 88
1 A Song, a Melody. For the Sons of Korah. To the Chief Musician. On "Mahalath." For alternate Song. An Instructive Psalm. By Heman the Ezrahite. O Yahweh, God of my salvation, By day, have I made outcry, In the night, [also] before thee.
song melody to/for son: descendant/people Korah to/for to conduct upon Mahalath to/for to sing Maskil to/for Heman [the] Ezrahite LORD God salvation my day to cry in/on/with night before you
2 Let my prayer, come into thy presence, Bow down thine ear to my loud cry.
to come (in): come to/for face: before your prayer my to stretch ear your to/for cry my
for to satisfy in/on/with distress: harm soul my and life my to/for hell: Sheol to touch (Sheol h7585)
4 I am counted with them who descend into the pit, I have become as a man that is without help;
to devise: count with to go down pit to be like/as great man nothing strength
5 Among the dead, is my couch, —Like the slain that lie in the grave, Where thou rememberest them no more, Yea, they, from thy hand, are cut off;
in/on/with to die free like slain: killed to lie down: be dead grave which not to remember them still and they(masc.) from hand your to cut
6 Thou hast laid me, In the lowest pit, In dark places, In the deeps:
to set: put me in/on/with pit lower in/on/with darkness in/on/with depth
7 Upon me, hath rested thine indignation, And, with all thy breakers, hast thou caused affliction. (Selah)
upon me to support rage your and all wave your to afflict (Selah)
8 Thou hast far removed mine acquaintances from me, —Thou hast made me an abomination unto them, Shut up, and I cannot go forth!
to remove to know my from me to set: make me abomination to/for them to restrain and not to come out: come
9 Mine eye, hath dimmed through affliction; I have called upon thee, O Yahweh, all day long, I have spread out, unto thee, my hands.
eye my to languish from affliction to call: call to you LORD in/on/with all day to spread to(wards) you palm my
10 For the dead, wilt thou perform a wonder? Or shall, the shades, arising, give thee thanks? (Selah)
to/for to die to make: do wonder if: surely no shade to arise: rise to give thanks you (Selah)
11 Shall Thy lovingkindness be recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness, in destruction?
to recount in/on/with grave kindness your faithfulness your in/on/with Abaddon
12 Shall any wonder of thine, be known in the dark? Or, thy righteousness, in the land of forgetfulness?
to know in/on/with darkness wonder your and righteousness your in/on/with land: country/planet forgetfulness
13 But, I, unto thee, O Yahweh, have cried for help, And, in the morning, my prayer will confront thee!
and I to(wards) you LORD to cry and in/on/with morning prayer my to meet you
14 Wherefore, O Yahweh, shouldst thou reject my soul? shouldst thou hide thy face from me?
to/for what? LORD to reject soul my to hide face your from me
15 Afflicted have I been, and dying, from youth, I have borne the terror of thee—I shall be distracted!
afflicted I and to die from youth to lift: bear terror your to distract
16 Over me, have passed thy bursts of burning anger, The alarms of thee have put an end to me;
upon me to pass burning anger your terror your to destroy me
17 They have surrounded me like waters, all the day, They have come circling against me together:
to turn: surround me like/as water all [the] day to surround upon me unitedness
18 Thou hast far removed from me, lover and friend, Mine acquaintances, are in darkness.
to remove from me to love: lover and neighbor to know my darkness
