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Psalm 88 World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)

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WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
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.
1 Canción: Salmo para los hijos de Coré: al Músico principal: para cantar sobre Mahalath: Masquil de Hemán Ezrahita. OH Jehová, Dios de mi salud, día y noche clamo delante de ti.
2 Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.
2 Entre mi oración en tu presencia: inclina tu oído á mi clamor.
3 For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.
3 Porque mi alma está harta de males, y mi vida cercana al sepulcro.
4 I am counted amongst those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,
4 Soy contado con los que descienden al hoyo, soy como hombre sin fuerza:
5 set apart amongst the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.
5 Libre entre los muertos, como los matados que yacen en el sepulcro, que no te acuerdas más de ellos, y que son cortados de tu mano.
6 You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
6 Hasme puesto en el hoyo profundo, en tinieblas, en honduras.
7 Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.
7 Sobre mí se ha acostado tu ira, y me has afligido con todas tus ondas. (Selah.)
8 You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can’t escape.
8 Has alejado de mí mis conocidos: hasme puesto por abominación á ellos: encerrado estoy, y no puedo salir.
9 My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, LORD. I have spread out my hands to you.
9 Mis ojos enfermaron á causa de mi aflicción: hete llamado, oh Jehová, cada día; he extendido á ti mis manos.
10 Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and praise you? Selah.
10 ¿Harás tú milagro á los muertos? ¿levantaránse los muertos para alabarte? (Selah.)
11 Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction?
11 ¿Será contada en el sepulcro tu misericordia, ó tu verdad en la perdición?
12 Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
12 ¿Será conocida en las tinieblas tu maravilla, ni tu justicia en la tierra del olvido?
13 But to you, LORD, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you.
13 Mas yo á ti he clamado, oh Jehová; y de mañana mi oración te previno.
14 LORD, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?
14 ¿Por qué, oh Jehová, desechas mi alma? ¿por qué escondes de mí tu rostro?
15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.
15 Yo soy afligido y menesteroso: desde la mocedad he llevado tus terrores, he estado medroso.
16 Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me off.
16 Sobre mí han pasado tus iras; tus espantos me han cortado.
17 They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.
17 Hanme rodeado como aguas de continuo; hanme cercado á una.
18 You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness.
18 Has alejado de mí el amigo y el compañero; y mis conocidos [se esconden] en la tiniebla.

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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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Cross references (18)

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  1. 1 Isaiah 12:2; Psalm 22:2; Luke 18:7; Psalm 86:3; Genesis 49:18
  2. 2 Psalm 31:2; Psalm 141:1–2; Lamentations 3:8; Psalm 79:11; 1 Kings 8:31
  3. 3 Psalm 107:18; Lamentations 3:15–19; Mark 14:33–34; Psalm 69:17–21; Isaiah 53:3
  4. 4 Psalm 28:1; 2 Corinthians 1:9; Isaiah 38:17–18; Psalm 31:12; Psalm 143:7
  5. 5 Isaiah 53:8; Psalm 31:22; Isaiah 14:9–12; Psalm 136:23; Job 6:9
  6. 6 Psalm 69:15; Psalm 86:13; Psalm 40:2; Psalm 143:3; Lamentations 3:2
  7. 7 Psalm 42:7; 1 Peter 2:24; Romans 2:5–9; Job 6:4; John 3:36
  8. 8 Psalm 31:11; Isaiah 49:7; Job 30:10; Isaiah 63:3; Zechariah 11:8
  9. 9 Job 11:13; Psalm 86:3; Psalm 38:10; Psalm 143:6; Psalm 42:3
  10. 10 Isaiah 26:19; Psalm 6:5; Isaiah 38:18–19; Psalm 30:9; 1 Corinthians 15:52–57
  11. 11 Proverbs 15:11; Psalm 55:23; Matthew 7:13; Romans 9:22; Job 21:30
  12. 12 Ecclesiastes 9:5; Matthew 8:12; Job 10:21–22; Ecclesiastes 2:16; Isaiah 8:22
  13. 13 Psalm 5:3; Mark 1:35; Psalm 30:2; Psalm 119:147–148
  14. 14 Job 13:24; Psalm 13:1; Psalm 43:2; Psalm 44:24; Matthew 27:46
  15. 15 Job 6:4; Luke 22:44; Psalm 73:14; Job 7:11–16; Isaiah 53:10
  16. 16 Galatians 3:13; Revelation 6:17; Psalm 90:7; Psalm 89:46; Romans 8:32
  17. 17 Psalm 22:16; Psalm 69:1–2; Psalm 116:3; Job 30:14–15; Psalm 42:7
  18. 18 Psalm 88:8; Psalm 38:11; Job 19:12–15; Psalm 31:11

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  1. 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: …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)