Psalm 88/Text/Clauses
From Psalms: Layer by Layer
| Hebrew | Verse | CBC |
|---|---|---|
| שִׁ֥יר מִזְמ֗וֹר לִבְנֵ֫י קֹ֥רַח | 1.1 | A song. A psalm. By the sons of Korah. |
| לַמְנַצֵּ֣חַ עַל־מָחֲלַ֣ת לְעַנּ֑וֹת | 1.2 | For the director. About illness, for self-affliction. |
| מַ֝שְׂכִּ֗יל לְהֵימָ֥ן הָאֶזְרָחִֽי׃ | 1.3 | A maskil. By Heman the Ezrahite. |
| יְ֭הוָה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יְשׁוּעָתִ֑י | 2.1 | YHWH, God of my salvation, |
| יוֹם־צָעַ֖קְתִּי בַלַּ֣יְלָה נֶגְדֶּֽךָ׃ | 2.2 | I have been crying out day and night before you. |
| תָּב֣וֹא לְ֭פָנֶיךָ תְּפִלָּתִ֑י | 3.1 | May my prayer find favor with you! |
| הַטֵּֽה־אָ֝זְנְךָ֗ לְרִנָּתִֽי׃ | 3.2 | Incline your ear to my cry! |
| כִּֽי־שָֽׂבְעָ֣ה בְרָע֣וֹת נַפְשִׁ֑י | 4.1 | For I am weary of troubles, |
| וְחַיַּ֗י לִשְׁא֥וֹל הִגִּֽיעוּ׃ | 4.2 | And my life has reached Sheol. |
| נֶ֭חְשַׁבְתִּי עִם־י֣וֹרְדֵי ב֑וֹר | 5.1 | I am counted with those who go down to the Pit. |
| הָ֝יִ֗יתִי כְּגֶ֣בֶר אֵֽין־אֱיָֽל׃ | 5.2 | I have become just like a man who has no strength. |
| בַּמֵּתִ֗ים חָ֫פְשִׁ֥י | 6.1 | [I am] an outcast among the dead, |
| כְּמ֤וֹ חֲלָלִ֨ים ׀ שֹׁ֥כְבֵי קֶ֗בֶר | 6.2 | just like the slain ones who are lying in the tomb, |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹ֣א זְכַרְתָּ֣ם ע֑וֹד | 6.3 | whom you do not remember anymore, |
| וְ֝הֵ֗מָּה מִיָּדְךָ֥ נִגְזָֽרוּ׃ | 6.4 | and [who] have been cut off from your care. |
| שַׁ֭תַּנִי בְּב֣וֹר תַּחְתִּיּ֑וֹת | 7.1 | You have put me in the lowest pit, |
| בְּ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים בִּמְצֹלֽוֹת׃ | 7.2 | in dark places, in watery depths. |
| עָ֭לַי סָמְכָ֣ה חֲמָתֶ֑ךָ | 8.1 | Your outbursts of wrath have been lying heavily on me, |
| וְכָל־מִ֝שְׁבָּרֶ֗יךָ עִנִּ֥יתָ סֶּֽלָה׃ | 8.2 | and you have been afflicting me with all your waves. Selah. |
| הִרְחַ֥קְתָּ מְיֻדָּעַ֗י מִ֫מֶּ֥נִּי | 9.1 | you have caused my acquaintances to shun me. |
| שַׁתַּ֣נִי תוֹעֵב֣וֹת לָ֑מוֹ | 9.2 | You have made me repulsive to them. |
| כָּ֝לֻ֗א | 9.3 | [You have made me] shut in, |
| וְלֹ֣א אֵצֵֽא׃ | 9.4 | so that I cannot get out. |
| עֵינִ֥י דָאֲבָ֗ה מִנִּ֫י עֹ֥נִי | 10.1 | My eyes have languished from misery. |
| קְרָאתִ֣יךָ יְהוָ֣ה בְּכָל־י֑וֹם | 10.2 | I have been calling to you, YHWH, every day. |
| שִׁטַּ֖חְתִּי אֵלֶ֣יךָ כַפָּֽי׃ | 10.3 | I have been spreading out my hands to you. |
| הֲלַמֵּתִ֥ים תַּעֲשֶׂה־פֶּ֑לֶא | 11.1 | Do you perform wonders for the dead? |
| אִם־רְ֝פָאִ֗ים יָק֤וּמוּ ׀ יוֹד֬וּךָ סֶּֽלָה׃ | 11.2 | Do the departed spirits rise up to praise you? Selah. |
| הַיְסֻפַּ֣ר בַּקֶּ֣בֶר חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ | 12.1 | Is your faithful love recounted in the tomb? |
| אֱ֝מֽוּנָתְךָ֗ בָּאֲבַדּֽוֹן׃ | 12.2 | [Is] your faithfulness [recounted] in the place of destruction? |
| הֲיִוָּדַ֣ע בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ פִּלְאֶ֑ךָ | 13.1 | Can your wonders be known in the dark region? |
| וְ֝צִדְקָתְךָ֗ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ נְשִׁיָּֽה׃ | 13.2 | And [can] your righteousness [be known] in the land of oblivion? |
| וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ אֵלֶ֣יךָ יְהוָ֣ה שִׁוַּ֑עְתִּי | 14.1 | But I have been crying out to you for help, YHWH, |
| וּ֝בַבֹּ֗קֶר תְּֽפִלָּתִ֥י תְקַדְּמֶֽךָּ׃ | 14.2 | and my prayer will keep welcoming you in the morning. |
| לָמָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה תִּזְנַ֣ח נַפְשִׁ֑י | 15.1 | Why, YHWH, do you keep rejecting me? |
| תַּסְתִּ֖יר פָּנֶ֣יךָ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ | 15.2 | [Why] do you keep hiding your face from me? |
| עָ֘נִ֤י אֲנִ֣י וְגֹוֵ֣עַ מִנֹּ֑עַר | 16.1 | I [have been] afflicted and close to death from [my] youth, |
| נָשָׂ֖אתִי אֵמֶ֣יךָ | 16.2 | I’ve been suffering your terrifying assaults, |
| *אֶפּוֹרָה*׃ | 16.3 | and keep being torn apart. |
| עָ֭לַי עָבְר֣וּ חֲרוֹנֶ֑יךָ | 17.1 | Your outbursts of wrath have been sweeping over me; |
| בִּ֝עוּתֶ֗יךָ *צִמְּתוּנִי*׃ | 17.2 | Your terrifying assaults have been destroying me. |
| סַבּ֣וּנִי כַ֭מַּיִם כָּל־הַיּ֑וֹם | 18.1 | They have been surrounding me like water constantly; |
| הִקִּ֖יפוּ עָלַ֣י יָֽחַד׃ | 18.2 | They have been closing in on me together. |
| הִרְחַ֣קְתָּ מִ֭מֶּנִּי אֹהֵ֣ב וָרֵ֑עַ | 19.1 | You have caused all my friends and companions to shun me; |
| מְֽיֻדָּעַ֥י *מֵחֹשֶׁךְ*׃ | 19.2 | You have caused my acquaintances to shun my distress. |