Psalm 87 (88) Brenton's Greek Septuagint

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OT: Septuagint (Greek)
Septuagint Old Testament (no New Testament)
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1851
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Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 88 · About the recordings

Notes on this text (2)

Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.

Psalm 87 in LXX = Psalm 88 in WEB.

LXX Brenton's Greek Septuagint

WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)

1 Ὠδὴ ψαλμοῦ τοῖς υἱοῖς Κορὲ, εἰς τὸ τέλος, ὑπὲρ μαελὲθ τοῦ ἀποκριθῆναι, συνέσεως Αἰμὰν τῷ Ἰσραηλίτῃ.

2 Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς τῆς σωτηρίας μου, ἡμέρας ἐκέκραξα καὶ ἐν νυκτὶ ἐναντίον σου.

88:1 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.

3 Εἰσελθέτω ἐνώπιόν σου ἡ προσευχή μου, κλῖνον τὸ οὖς σου εἰς τὴν δέησίν μου, Κύριε.

88:2 Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.

4 Ὅτι ἐπλήσθη κακῶν ἡ ψυχή μου, καὶ ἡ ζωή μου τῷ ᾅδῃ ἤγγισε.

88:3 For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.

5 Προσελογίσθην μετὰ τῶν καταβαινόντων εἰς λάκκον, ἐγενήθην ὡς ἄνθρωπος ἀβοήθητος,

88:4 I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,

6 ἐν νεκροῖς ἐλεύθερος, ὡσεὶ τραυματίαι ἐῤῥιμμένοι καθεύδοντες ἐν τάφῳ, ὧν οὐκ ἐμνήσθης ἔτι, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐκ τῆς χειρός σου ἀπώσθησαν.

88:5 set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.

7 Ἔθεντό με ἐν λάκκῳ κατωτάτῳ, ἐν σκοτεινοῖς καὶ ἐν σκιᾷ θανάτου.

88:6 You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.

8 Ἐπʼ ἐμὲ ἐπεστηρίχθη ὁ θυμός σου, καὶ πάντας τοὺς μετεωρισμούς σου ἐπήγαγες ἐπʼ ἐμέ· διάψαλμα.

88:7 Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.

9 Ἐμάκρυνας τοὺς γνωστούς μου ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ, ἔθεντό με βδέλυγμα ἑαυτοῖς· παρεδόθην καὶ οὐκ ἐξεπορευόμην.

88:8 You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can’t escape.

10 Οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου ἠσθένησαυ ἀπὸ πτωχείας· καὶ ἐκέκραξα πρὸς σὲ Κύριε ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν, διεπέτασα πρὸς σὲ τὰς χεῖράς μου.

88:9 My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Yahweh. I have spread out my hands to you.

11 Μὴ τοῖς νεκροῖς ποιήσεις θαυμάσια, ἢ ἰατροὶ ἀναστήσουσι καὶ ἐξομολογήσονταί σοι;

88:10 Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and praise you? Selah.

12 Μὴ διηγήσεταί τις ἐν τάφῳ τὸ ἔλεός σου, καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειάν σου ἐν τῇ ἀπωλείᾳ;

88:11 Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction?

13 Μὴ γνωσθήσεται ἐν τῷ σκότει τὰ θαυμάσιά σου, καὶ ἡ δικαιοσύνη σου ἐν γῇ ἐπιλελησμένῃ;

88:12 Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

14 Κᾀγὼ πρὸς σὲ Κύριε ἐκέκραξα, καὶ τοπρωῒ ἡ προσευχή μου προφθάσει σε.

88:13 But to you, Yahweh, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you.

15 Ἱνατί Κύριε ἀπωθεῖς τὴν προσευχήν μου, ἀποστρέφεις τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ;

88:14 Yahweh, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?

16 Πτωχός εἰμι ἐγὼ καὶ ἐν κόποις ἐκ νεότητός μου, ὑψωθεὶς δὲ ἐταπεινώθην καὶ ἐξηπορήθην.

88:15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.

17 Ἐπʼ ἐμὲ διῆλθον αἱ ὀργαί σου, καὶ οἱ φοβερισμοί σου ἐξετάραξάν με.

88:16 Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me off.

18 Ἐκύκλωσάν με ὡς ὕδωρ, ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν περιέσχον με ἅμα.

88:17 They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.

19 Ἐμάκρυνας ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ φίλον, καὶ τοὺς γνωστούς μου ἀπὸ ταλαιπωρίας.

88:18 You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness.

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Heman the Ezrahite
Psalm 88 author named in title
Named in the title of Psalm 88 as the author of its Maskil, a song also marked as a psalm of the sons of Korah. The text does not say whether he is Heman the wise man of 1 Kings…
Cited in the guide: Psalm 88:1
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Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm LXXXVII)
The Psalm which has just been sung is short, if we look to the number of its words, but of deep interest in its thoughts....The subject of song and praise in that Psalm is a city, whose citizens are we, as far as we are Christians: whence we are absent, as long as we are mortal: whither we are tending: …
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