Psalms 88

shir mizmor livne-qorakh lamnatseakh al-makhalat le'annot maskil leheman ha'ezrakhi

A song. A psalm of the Korahites. For the leader; maḥalath leannoth. A maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.

Adonai elohe yeshu'ati yom-tsa'aqti vallaylah negdekha

O ETERNAL One, God of my deliverance, when I cry out in the night before You,

tavo lefanekha tefillati hatteh oznekha lerinnati

let my prayer reach You; incline Your ear to my cry.

ki-save'ah vera'ot nafshi vekhayyay lishol higgi'u

For I am sated with misfortune; I am at the brink of Sheol.

nekhshavti im-yorede vor hayiti kegever en-eyal

I am numbered with those who go down to the Pit; I am like someone helpless

bammetim khofshi kemo khalalim shokheve qever asher lo zekhartam od vehemmah miyyadekha nigzaru

abandoned among the dead, like bodies lying in the grave of whom You are mindful no more, and who are cut off from Your care.

shattani bevor takhtiyyot bemakhashakkim bimtsolot

You have put me at the bottom of the Pit, in the darkest places, in the depths.

alay samekhah khamatekha vekhol-mishbarekha innita selah

Your fury lies heavy upon me; You afflict me with all Your breakers. Selah.

hirkhaqta meyudda'ay mimmenni shattani to'evot lamo kalu velo etse

You make my companions shun me; You make me abhorrent to them; I am shut in and do not go out.

eni da'avah minni-oni qeratikha Adonai bekhol-yom shittakhti elekha khappay

My eyes pine away from affliction; I call to You, O ETERNAL One, each day; I stretch out my hands to You.

halammetim ta'aseh-ppele im-refa'im yaqumu yodukha selah

Do You work wonders for the dead? Do the shades rise to praise You? Selah.

hayesuppar baqqever khasdekha emunatekha ba'avaddon

Is Your faithful care recounted in the grave, Your constancy in the place of perdition?

hayivvada bakhoshekh pilekha vetsidqatekha be'erets neshiyyah

Are Your wonders made known in the netherworld, Your beneficent deeds in the land of oblivion?

va'ani elekha Adonai shivvati uvabboqer tefillati teqaddemekka

As for me, I cry out to You, O ETERNAL One; each morning my prayer greets You.

lamah Adonai tiznakh nafshi tastir panekha mimmenni

Why, O ETERNAL One, do You reject me, do You hide Your face from me?

ani ani vegovea minno'ar nasati emekha afunah

From my youth I have been afflicted and near death; I suffer Your terrors wherever I turn.

alay averu kharonekha bi'utekha tsimmetutuni

Your fury overwhelms me; Your terrors destroy me.

sabbuni khammayim kol-hayyom hiqqifu alay yakhad

They swirl about me like water all day long; they encircle me on every side.

hirkhaqta mimmenni ohev varea meyudda'ay makhshakh

You have put friend and neighbor far from me and my companions out of my sight.