Psalms 88 Comparison: American Standard Version vs Young's Literal Translation

Psalms 88

¹O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee.

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

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

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

⁵Cast off among the dead, Like the slain that lie in the grave, Whom thou rememberest no more, And they are cut off from thy hand.

⁶Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps.

⁷Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. [Selah

⁸Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

⁹Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction: I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah; I have spread forth my hands unto thee.

¹⁰Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are deceased arise and praise thee? [Selah

¹¹Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in Destruction?

¹²Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

¹³But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried; And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.

¹⁴Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul? Why hidest thou thy face from me?

¹⁵I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

¹⁶Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.

¹⁷They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together.

¹⁸Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness.

Psalms 88

¹A 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,

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

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

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

⁵Among the deadfree, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom Thou hast not remembered any more, Yea, they by Thy hand have been cut off.

⁶Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths.

⁷Upon me hath Thy fury lain, And with all Thy breakers Thou hast afflicted. Selah.

⁸Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me, Thou hast made me an abomination to them, Shut upI go not forth.

⁹Mine eye hath grieved because of affliction, I called Thee, O Jehovah, all the day, I have spread out unto Thee my hands.

¹⁰To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? Selah.

¹¹Is Thy kindness recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness in destruction?

¹²Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

¹³And I, unto Thee, O Jehovah, I have cried, And in the morning doth my prayer come before Thee.

¹⁴Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me.

¹⁵I am afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrorsI pine away.

¹⁶Over me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off,

¹⁷They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together,

¹⁸Thou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance is the place of darkness!