Psalms 88:1-4 in English

¹ A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee.

² Let my prayer enter into thy presence; Incline thine ear unto my cry.

³ For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.

⁴ I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help,

¹ A Psalm of instruction for Ætham the Israelite.

² I will sing of thy mercies, O Lord, for ever: I will declare thy truth with my mouth to all generations.

³ For thou hast said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy truth shall be established in the heavens.

⁴ I made a covenant with my chosen ones, I sware unto David my servant.

¹ A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:

² Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;

³ For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

⁴ I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

¹ A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:

² Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;

³ For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

⁴ I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

¹ (89) A Psalm of instruction for Aetham the Israelite. I will sing of your mercies, O Lord, for ever: I will declare your truth with my mouth to all generations.

² For you have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: your truth shall be established in the heavens.

³ I made a covenant with my chosen ones, I sware to David my servant.

⁴ I will establish your seed for ever, and build up your throne to all generations. Pause.

¹ A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:

² Let my prayer enter into thy presence; incline thine ear unto my cry:

³ For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.

⁴ I am counted with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help:

¹ Yahweh God, you who rescues me, all during each day I call out to you to help me, and I cry out to you during each night also.

² Listen IDM to my prayer DOU, while I cry out to you for help!

³ I have experienced many troubles/difficulties, and I am about to die MTY and go where dead people are.

⁴ Because I have no more strength, other people also consider that I will soon die.

¹ (89) A Psalm of instruction for Aetham the Israelite. I will sing of your mercies, O Lord, for ever: I will declare your truth with my mouth to all generations.

² For you have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: your truth shall be established in the heavens.

³ I made a covenant with my chosen ones, I sware to David my servant.

⁴ I will establish your seed for ever, and build up your throne to all generations. Pause.

¹ A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Suffering of Affliction.” A contemplation by Heman, the Ezrahite. Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.

² Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.

³ For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.

⁴ I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,

¹ A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Suffering of Affliction.” A contemplation by Heman, the Ezrahite. Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.

² Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.

³ For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.

⁴ I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,

¹ A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Suffering of Affliction.” A contemplation by Heman, the Ezrahite. LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.

² Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.

³ For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.

⁴ I am counted amongst those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,

¹ A Song. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah. To the chief music-maker; put to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil. Of Heman the Ezrahite. O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night:

² Let my prayer come before you; give ear to my cry:

³ For my soul is full of evils, and my life has come near to the underworld.

⁴ I am numbered among those who go down into the earth; I have become like a man for whom there is no help:

¹ A Song, a Psalm for the sons of Korah. To the chief Musician. Upon Mahalath Leannoth. An instruction. Of Heman the Ezrahite. Jehovah, God of my salvation, I have cried by day and in the night before thee.

² Let my prayer come before thee; incline thine ear unto my cry.

³ For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draweth nigh to Sheol.

⁴ I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no strength:

¹ Of understanding, for Ethan the Ezrahite.

² The mercies of the Lord I will sing for ever. I will shew forth thy truth with my mouth to generation and generation.

³ For thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever in the heavens: thy truth shall be prepared in them.

⁴ I have made a covenant with my elect: I have sworn to David my servant:

¹ A song. A psalm of the descendants of Korah. For the music director. To the tune “Mahalath Leannoth.” A maskil by Heman the Ezrahite Lord, God of my salvation, I cry out to you day and night.

² Please listen to my prayer; hear my words as I plead with you.

³ My life is full of troubles, and my death is approaching.

⁴ I'm counted among the dying; a man with no strength.

¹ A song or Psalme of Heman the Ezrahite to give instruction, committed to the sonnes of Korah for him that excelleth upon Malath Leannoth. O Lord God of my saluation, I cry day and night before thee.

² Let my prayer enter into thy presence: incline thine eare vnto my cry.

³ For my soule is filled with euils, and my life draweth neere to the graue.

⁴ I am counted among them that go downe vnto the pit, and am as a man without strength:

¹ (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 LORD, God of my salvation, what time I cry in the night before Thee,

² (88-3) Let my prayer come before Thee, incline Thine ear unto my cry.

³ (88-4) For my soul is sated with troubles, and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

⁴ (88-5) I am counted with them that go down into the pit; I am become as a man that hath no help;

¹ A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah. To the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:

² Let my prayer come before thee: Incline thine ear unto my cry;

³ For my soul is full of troubles: And my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

⁴ I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

¹ “A song or psalm of the sons of Korach, to the chief musician upon Machalath-le'annoth, a Maskil of Heman the Ezrachite.” (88:2) O Lord the God of my salvation, by day do I cry, and at night I am before thee.

² (88:3) Let my prayer come unto thy presence; incline thy ear unto my entreaty.

³ (88:4) For my soul is sated with troubles; and my life draweth nigh unto the nether world.

⁴ (88:5) I am counted with those that descend into the pit; I am become as a man without vigor:

¹ A Psalm of instruction for Ethan the Israelite.

² I will sing of thy mercies, O Lord, forever: I will declare thy truth with my mouth to all generations.

³ For thou hast said, Mercy shall be built up forever: Thy truth shall be established in the heavens.

⁴ I made a covenant with my chosen ones, I swore unto David my servant.

¹ “A psalm of the sons of Korah. For the leader of the music. Upon wind instruments. A psalm of Heman, the Ezrahite.” O LORD, God of my salvation! To thee do I cry by day, And by night is my prayer before thee!

² Let my supplication come before thee; Incline thine ear to my cry!

³ For my soul is full of misery, And my life draweth near to the underworld.

⁴ I am counted with those who are going down to the pit; I am like one who hath no strength.

¹ O Lord my God, I cry for help in the day-time, in the night my cry is before you;

² let my prayer come into your presence, incline your ear to my cry.

³ For I am sated with sorrow, my life draws near to Sheol.

⁴ I am counted with those who go down to the pit; without strength am I.

¹ O Lord my God, I cry for help in the day-time, in the night my cry is before you;

² let my prayer come into your presence, incline your ear to my cry.

³ For I am sated with sorrow, my life draws near to Sheol.

⁴ I am counted with those who go down to the pit; without strength am I.

¹ Adonai , the God of my yishu'ah ·salvation·, I have cried day and night before you.

² Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.

³ For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol ·Place of the dead·.

⁴ I am counted among those who go down into the pit (of Abbadon, the unrighteous side of Sheol). I am like a man who has no help,

¹ A song, a psalm of the sons of Korah; for the chief musician; set to the Mahalath Leannoth style. A maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. Yahweh, God of my salvation, I cry out day and night before you.

² Listen to my prayer; pay attention to my cry.

³ For I am filled with troubles, and my life has reached Sheol.

⁴ People treat me like those who go down into the pit; I am a man with no strength.

¹ A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Suffering of Affliction.” A contemplation by Heman, the Ezrahite. Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.

² Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.

³ For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.

⁴ I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,

¹ A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Suffering of Affliction.” A contemplation by Heman, the Ezrahite. LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.

² Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.

³ For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.

⁴ I am counted amongst those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,

¹ A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:

² Let my prayer come before thee: incline thy ear to my cry;

³ For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh to the grave.

⁴ I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

¹ A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Suffering of Affliction.” A contemplation by Heman, the Ezrahite. LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.

² Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.

³ For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.

⁴ I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,

¹ A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Suffering of Affliction.” A contemplation by Heman, the Ezrahite. LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.

² Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.

³ For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.

⁴ I am counted amongst those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,

¹ The song of the psalm, to the sons of Korah, to victory on Mahalath, for to answer the learning of Heman the Ezrahite. Lord God of mine health; I cried in day and night before thee.

² My prayer enter before thy sight; bow down thine ear to my prayer.

³ For my soul is full-filled with evils; and my life nighed to hell.

⁴ I am guessed with them that go down into the pit; I am made as a man without help,

¹ The song of the psalm, to the sons of Korah, to victory on Mahalath, for to answer the learning of Heman, (the) Ezrahite. Lord God of mine health; I cried in day and night before thee. (A psalm, yea, a song by the Korahites, for the choirmaster, according to Mahalath, to answer a teaching by Heman, the Ezrahite. Lord God of my salvation; I have cried day and night before thee.)

² My prayer enter before thy sight (or Let my prayer come before thee); bow down thine ear to my prayer.

³ For my soul is full-filled with evils; and my life nighed to hell. (For my soul is filled full of evils; and my life came near to Sheol, that is, the land of the dead, or and my life nighed to the grave.)

⁴ I am guessed with them that go down into the pit; I am made as a man without help,

¹ A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah, to the Overseer, 'Concerning the Sickness of Afflictions.' — An instruction, by Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, God of my salvation, Daily I have cried, nightly before Thee,

² My prayer cometh in before Thee, Incline Thine ear to my loud cry,

³ For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol.

⁴ I have been reckoned with those going down to the pit, I have been as a man without strength.