Liber Psalmorum, 88
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0. A Song. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.
1. Canticum. PSALMUS. Filiorum Core. Magistro chori. Secundum " Mahalat ". Ad cantandum. Maskil. Heman Ezrahitae.
1. O LORD, my God, I call for help by day; I cry out in the night before thee.
2. Domine, Deus salutis meae, in die clamavi et nocte coram te.
2. Let my prayer come before thee, incline thy ear to my cry!
3. Intret in conspectu tuo oratio mea; inclina aurem tuam ad precem meam.
3. For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
4. Quia repleta est malis anima mea, et vita mea inferno appropinquavit.
4. I am reckoned among those who go down to the Pit; I am a man who has no strength,
5. Aestimatus sum cum descendentibus in lacum, factus sum sicut homo sine adiutorio.
5. like one forsaken among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, like those whom thou dost remember no more, for they are cut off from thy hand.
6. Inter mortuos liber, sicut vulnerati dormientes in sepulcris; quorum non es memor amplius, et ipsi de manu tua abscissi sunt.
6. Thou hast put me in the depths of the Pit, in the regions dark and deep.
7. Posuisti me in lacu inferiori, in tenebrosis et in umbra mortis.
7. Thy wrath lies heavy upon me, and thou dost overwhelm me with all thy waves. [Selah]
8. Super me gravatus est furor tuus, et omnes fluctus tuos induxisti super me.
8. Thou hast caused my companions to shun me; thou hast made me a thing of horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape;
9. Longe fecisti notos meos a me, posuisti me abominationem eis; conclusus sum et non egrediar.
9. my eye grows dim through sorrow. Every day I call upon thee, O LORD; I spread out my hands to thee.
10. Oculi mei languerunt prae afflictione. Clamavi ad te, Domine, tota die, expandi ad te manus meas. -
10. Dost thou work wonders for the dead? Do the shades rise up to praise thee? [Selah]
11. Numquid mortuis facies mirabilia, aut surgent umbrae et confitebuntur tibi?
11. Is thy steadfast love declared in the grave, or thy faithfulness in Abaddon?
12. Numquid narrabit aliquis in sepulcro misericordiam tuam et veritatem tuam in loco perditionis?
12. Are thy wonders known in the darkness, or thy saving help in the land of forgetfulness?
13. Numquid cognoscentur in tenebris mirabilia tua, et iustitia tua in terra oblivionis?
13. But I, O LORD, cry to thee; in the morning my prayer comes before thee.
14. Et ego ad te, Domine, clamavi, et mane oratio mea praeveniet te.
14. O LORD, why dost thou cast me off? Why dost thou hide thy face from me?
15. Ut quid, Domine, repellis animam meam, abscondis faciem tuam a me?
15. Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, I suffer thy terrors; I am helpless.
16. Pauper sum ego et moriens a iuventute mea; portavi pavores tuos et conturbatus sum.
16. Thy wrath has swept over me; thy dread assaults destroy me.
17. Super me transierunt irae tuae, et terrores tui exciderunt me.
17. They surround me like a flood all day long; they close in upon me together.
18. Circuierunt me sicut aqua tota die, circumdederunt me simul.
18. Thou hast caused lover and friend to shun me; my companions are in darkness.
19. Elongasti a me amicum et proximum, et noti mei sunt tenebrae.
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