Rotherham - Psalms - 88

88:1  O Yahweh, God of my salvation, By day, have I made outcry, In the night, [also] before thee.

88:2  Let my prayer, come into thy presence, Bow down thine ear to my loud cry.

88:3  For my soul, is sated with misfortunes, And, my life—unto Hades, hath drawn near;

88:4  I am counted with them who descend into the pit, I have become as a man that is without help;

88:5  Among the dead, is my couch,—Like the slain that lie in the grave, Where thou rememberest them no more, Yea, they, from thy hand, are cut off;

88:6  Thou hast laid me, In the lowest pit, In dark places, In the deeps:

88:7  Upon me, hath rested thine indignation, And, with all thy breakers, hast thou caused affliction. [Selah.]

88:8  Thou hast far removed mine acquaintances from me,—Thou hast made me an abomination unto them, Shut up, and I cannot go forth!

88:9  Mine eye, hath dimmed through affliction; I have called upon thee, O Yahweh, all day long, I have spread out, unto thee, my hands.

88:10  For the dead, wilt thou perform a wonder? Or shall, the shades, arising, give thee thanks? [Selah.]

88:11  Shall Thy lovingkindness be recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness, in destruction?

88:12  Shall any wonder of thine, be known in the dark? Or, thy righteousness, in the land of forgetfulness?

88:13  But, I, unto thee, O Yahweh, have cried for help, And, in the morning, my prayer will confront thee!

88:14  Wherefore, O Yahweh, shouldst thou reject my soul? shouldst thou hide thy face from me?

88:15  Afflicted have I been, and dying, from youth, I have borne the terror of thee—I shall be distracted!

88:16  Over me, have passed thy bursts of burning anger, The alarms of thee have put an end to me;

88:17  They have surrounded me like waters, all the day, They have come circling against me together:

88:18  Thou hast far removed from me, lover and friend, Mine acquaintances, are in darkness.