88:1 A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Leader; upon Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.

88:2 O the Lord, God of my salvation, what time I cry in the night before Thee,

88:3 Let my prayer come before Thee, incline Thine ear unto my cry.

88:4 For my soul is sated with troubles, and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

88:5 I am counted with them that go down into the pit; I am become as a man that hath no help;

88:6 Set apart among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom Thou rememberest no more; and they are cut off from Thy hand.

88:7 Thou hast laid me in the nether-most pit, in dark places, in the deeps.

88:8 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and all Thy waves Thou pressest down. Selah

88:9 Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them; I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

88:10 Mine eye languisheth by reason of affliction; I have called upon Thee, O the Lord, every day, I have spread forth my hands unto Thee.

88:11 Wilt Thou work wonders for the dead? Or shall the shades arise and give Thee thanks? Selah

88:12 Shall Thy mercy be declared in the grave? or Thy faithfulness in destruction?

88:13 Shall Thy wonders be known in the dark? and Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

88:14 But as for me, unto Thee, O the Lord, do I cry, and in the morning doth my prayer come to meet Thee.

88:15 the Lord, why castest Thou off my soul? Why hidest Thou Thy face from me?

88:16 I am afflicted and at the point of death from my youth up; I have borne Thy terrors, I am distracted.

88:17 Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.

88:18 They came round about me like water all the day; they compassed me about together.

88:19 Friend and companion hast Thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.



Hebrew Transliteration

88:1 shiyr mizmor libhnêy qorach lamnatsêach `al-mâchalath le`annothmaskiyl lehêymân hâ'ezrâchiy

88:2 Adonay 'elohêy yeshu`âthiy yom-tsâ`aqtiy bhallaylâh neghdekha

88:3 tâbho' lephâneykha tephillâthiyhathêh-'âzenekha lerinnâthiy

88:4 kiy-sâbhe`âh bherâ`oth naphshiy vechayyaylish'ol higgiy`u

88:5 nechshabhtiy `im-yoredhêy bhor hâyiythiy keghebher'êyn-'eyâl

88:6 bammêthiym châpheshiy kemo chalâliym shokhebhêy qebher'asher lo' zekhartâm `odh vehêmmâh miyyâdhekha nighzâru

88:7 shattaniybebhor tachtiyyoth bemachashakkiym bimtsoloth

88:8 `âlay sâmekhâhchamâthekha vekhol-mishbâreykha `inniythâ selâh

88:9 hirchaqtâ meyuddâ`aymimmenniy shattaniy tho`êbhoth lâmo kâlu' velo' 'êtsê'

88:10 `êyniydhâ'abhâh minniy `oniy qerâ'thiykha Adonay bekhol-yom shithachtiy'êleykha khappây

88:11 halammêthiym ta`aseh-pele' 'im-rephâ'iymyâqumu yodhukha selâh

88:12 haysuppar baqqebher chasdekha 'emunâthkhabâ'abhaddon

88:13 hayivvâdha` bachoshekh pil'ekha vetsidhqâthkha be'eretsneshiyyâh

88:14 va'aniy 'êleykha Adonay shivva`tiy ubhabboqertephillâthiy theqaddemekhâ

88:15 lâmâh Adonay tiznach naphshiy tastiyrpâneykha mimmenniy

88:16 `âniy 'aniy veghovêa` minno`ar nâsâ'thiy'êmeykha 'âphunâh

88:17 `âlay `âbhru charoneykha bi`utheykha tsimmethuthuniy

88:18 sabbuniy khammayim kol-hayyom hiqqiyphu `âlay yâchadh

88:19 hirchaqtâ mimmenniy 'ohêbh vârêa` meyuddâ`ay machshâkh


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