en_cjb - Psa 88 - Ozzuu Bible

¹ [(0)] A song. A psalm of the sons of Korach. For the leader. Set to “Sickness that Causes Suffering.” A maskil of Heiman the Ezrachi.

² [(1)] ADONAI, God of my salvation, when I cry out to you in the night,

³ [(2)] let my prayer come before you, turn your ear to my cry for help!

⁴ [(3)] For I am oversupplied with troubles, which have brought me to the brink of Sh’ol.

⁵ [(4)] I am counted among those going down to the pit, like a man who is beyond help,

⁶ [(5)] left by myself among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave — you no longer remember them; they are cut off from your care.

⁷ [(6)] You plunged me into the bottom of the pit, into dark places, into the depths.

⁸ [(7)] Your wrath lies heavily on me; your waves crashing over me keep me down. (Selah)

⁹ [(8)] You separated me from my close friends, made me repulsive to them; I am caged in, with no escape;

¹⁰ [(9)] my eyes grow dim from suffering. I call on you, ADONAI, every day; I spread out my hands to you.

¹¹ [(10)] Will you perform wonders for the dead? Can the ghosts of the dead rise up and praise you? (Selah)

¹² [(11)] Will your grace be declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon?

¹³ [(12)] Will your wonders be known in the dark, or your righteousness in the land of oblivion?

¹⁴ [(13)] But I cry out to you, ADONAI; my prayer comes before you in the morning.

¹⁵ [(14)] So why, ADONAI, do you reject me? Why do you hide your face from me?

¹⁶ [(15)] Since my youth I have been miserable, close to death; I am numb from bearing these terrors of yours.

¹⁷ [(16)] Your fierce anger has overwhelmed me, your terrors have shriveled me up.

¹⁸ [(17)] They surge around me all day like a flood, from all sides they close in on me.

¹⁹ [(18)] You have made friends and companions shun me; the people I know are hidden from me.