Ps 88

AA Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Suffering of Affliction.” A contemplation by Heman, the Ezrahite. Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you. (MT 88:2; LXX 87:1; LXX 87:2; Rahlfs 87:1; Rahlfs 87:2) שִׁ֥יר מִזְמ֗וֹר לִבְנֵ֫י קֹ֥רַח לַמְנַצֵּ֣חַ עַל־מָחֲלַ֣ת לְעַנּ֑וֹת מַ֝שְׂכִּ֗יל לְהֵימָ֥ן הָאֶזְרָחִֽי׃ 2Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry. (MT 88:3; LXX 87:3; Rahlfs 87:3) יְ֭הוָה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יְשׁוּעָתִ֑י יוֹם־צָעַ֖קְתִּי בַלַּ֣יְלָה נֶגְדֶּֽךָ׃ 3For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol. (MT 88:4; LXX 87:4; Rahlfs 87:4) תָּב֣וֹא לְ֭פָנֶיךָ תְּפִלָּתִ֑י הַטֵּֽה־אָ֝זְנְךָ֗ לְרִנָּתִֽי׃ 4I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help, (MT 88:5; LXX 87:5; Rahlfs 87:5) כִּֽי־שָֽׂבְעָ֣ה בְרָע֣וֹת נַפְשִׁ֑י וְחַיַּ֗י לִשְׁא֥וֹל הִגִּֽיעוּ׃ 5set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand. (MT 88:6; LXX 87:6; Rahlfs 87:6) נֶ֭חְשַׁבְתִּי עִם־י֣וֹרְדֵי ב֑וֹר הָ֝יִ֗יתִי כְּגֶ֣בֶר אֵֽין־אֱיָֽל׃ 6You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths. (MT 88:7; LXX 87:7; Rahlfs 87:7) בַּמֵּתִ֗ים חָ֫פְשִׁ֥י כְּמ֤וֹ חֲלָלִ֨ים ׀ שֹׁ֥כְבֵי קֶ֗בֶר אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹ֣א זְכַרְתָּ֣ם ע֑וֹד וְ֝הֵ֗מָּה מִיָּדְךָ֥ נִגְזָֽרוּ׃ 7Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah. (MT 88:8; LXX 87:8; Rahlfs 87:8) שַׁ֭תַּנִי בְּב֣וֹר תַּחְתִּיּ֑וֹת בְּ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים בִּמְצֹלֽוֹת׃ 8You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can’t escape. (MT 88:9; LXX 87:9; Rahlfs 87:9) עָ֭לַי סָמְכָ֣ה חֲמָתֶ֑ךָ וְכָל־מִ֝שְׁבָּרֶ֗יךָ עִנִּ֥יתָ סֶּֽלָה׃ 9My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Yahweh. I have spread out my hands to you. (MT 88:10; LXX 87:10; Rahlfs 87:10) הִרְחַ֥קְתָּ מְיֻדָּעַ֗י מִ֫מֶּ֥נִּי שַׁתַּ֣נִי תוֹעֵב֣וֹת לָ֑מוֹ כָּ֝לֻ֗א וְלֹ֣א אֵצֵֽא׃ 10Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and praise you? Selah. (MT 88:11; LXX 87:11; Rahlfs 87:11) עֵינִ֥י דָאֲבָ֗ה מִנִּ֫י עֹ֥נִי קְרָאתִ֣יךָ יְהוָ֣ה בְּכָל־י֑וֹם שִׁטַּ֖חְתִּי אֵלֶ֣יךָ כַפָּֽי׃ 11Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction? (MT 88:12; LXX 87:12; Rahlfs 87:12) הֲלַמֵּתִ֥ים תַּעֲשֶׂה־פֶּ֑לֶא אִם־רְ֝פָאִ֗ים יָק֤וּמוּ ׀ יוֹד֬וּךָ סֶּֽלָה׃ 12Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? (MT 88:13; LXX 87:13; Rahlfs 87:13) הַיְסֻפַּ֣ר בַּקֶּ֣בֶר חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ אֱ֝מֽוּנָתְךָ֗ בָּאֲבַדּֽוֹן׃ 13But to you, Yahweh, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you. (MT 88:14; LXX 87:14; Rahlfs 87:14) הֲיִוָּדַ֣ע בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ פִּלְאֶ֑ךָ וְ֝צִדְקָתְךָ֗ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ נְשִׁיָּֽה׃ 14Yahweh, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me? (MT 88:15; LXX 87:15; Rahlfs 87:15) וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ אֵלֶ֣יךָ יְהוָ֣ה שִׁוַּ֑עְתִּי וּ֝בַבֹּ֗קֶר תְּֽפִלָּתִ֥י תְקַדְּמֶֽךָּ׃ 15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted. (MT 88:16; LXX 87:16; Rahlfs 87:16) לָמָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה תִּזְנַ֣ח נַפְשִׁ֑י תַּסְתִּ֖יר פָּנֶ֣יךָ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ 16Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me off. (MT 88:17; LXX 87:17; Rahlfs 87:17) עָ֘נִ֤י אֲנִ֣י וְגֹוֵ֣עַ מִנֹּ֑עַר נָשָׂ֖אתִי אֵמֶ֣יךָ אָפֽוּנָה׃ 17They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me. (MT 88:18; LXX 87:18; Rahlfs 87:18) עָ֭לַי עָבְר֣וּ חֲרוֹנֶ֑יךָ בִּ֝עוּתֶ֗יךָ צִמְּתוּתֻֽנִי׃ 18You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness. (MT 88:19; LXX 87:19; Rahlfs 87:19) סַבּ֣וּנִי כַ֭מַּיִם כָּל־הַיּ֑וֹם הִקִּ֖יפוּ עָלַ֣י יָֽחַד׃