Psalms 88 - Compare Translations
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Psalms 88:1
KJVO lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
WEBYahweh, the God of my salvation,
YLTA 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,
Psalms 88:2
KJVLet my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
WEBLet my prayer enter into your presence.
YLTMy prayer cometh in before Thee, Incline Thine ear to my loud cry,
Psalms 88:3
KJVFor my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
WEBFor my soul is full of troubles.
YLTFor my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol.
Psalms 88:4
KJVI am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
WEBI am counted among those who go down into the pit.
YLTI have been reckoned with those going down [to] the pit, I have been as a man without strength.
Psalms 88:5
KJVFree among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
WEBset apart among the dead,
YLTAmong the dead -- free, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom Thou hast not remembered any more, Yea, they by Thy hand have been cut off.
Psalms 88:6
KJVThou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
WEBYou have laid me in the lowest pit,
YLTThou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths.
Psalms 88:7
KJVThy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
WEBYour wrath lies heavily on me.
YLTUpon me hath Thy fury lain, And [with] all Thy breakers Thou hast afflicted. Selah.
Psalms 88:8
KJVThou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
WEBYou have taken my friends from me.
YLTThou hast put mine acquaintance far from me, Thou hast made me an abomination to them, Shut up -- I go not forth.
Psalms 88:9
KJVMine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
WEBMy eyes are dim from grief.
YLTMine eye hath grieved because of affliction, I called Thee, O Jehovah, all the day, I have spread out unto Thee my hands.
Psalms 88:10
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Psalms 88:11
KJVShall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?
WEBIs your loving kindness declared in the grave?
YLTIs Thy kindness recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness in destruction?
Psalms 88:12
KJVShall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
WEBAre your wonders made known in the dark?
YLTAre Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Psalms 88:13
KJVBut unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
WEBBut to you, Yahweh, I have cried.
YLTAnd I, unto Thee, O Jehovah, I have cried, And in the morning doth my prayer come before Thee.
Psalms 88:14
KJVLord, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
WEBYahweh, why do you reject my soul?
YLTWhy, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me.
Psalms 88:15
KJVI am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
WEBI am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up.
YLTI [am] afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors -- I pine away.
Psalms 88:16
KJVThy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
WEBYour fierce wrath has gone over me.
YLTOver me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off,
Psalms 88:17
KJVThey came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
WEBThey came around me like water all day long.
YLTThey have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together,
Psalms 88:18
KJVLover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
WEBYou have put lover and friend far from me,
YLTThou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance [is] the place of darkness!
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