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 <div class="label">88</div><div class="s1">Psalm 88#sn Psalm 88. The psalmist cries out in pain to the Lord, begging him for relief from his intense and constant suffering. The psalmist regards God as the ultimate cause of his distress, but nevertheless clings to God in hope.</div><div class="s2">A song, a psalm written by the Korahites; for the music director; according to the machalath-leannoth style;#tn The Hebrew phrase &#1502;&#1464;&#1495;&#1458;&#1500;&#1463;&#1514; &#1500;&#1456;&#1506;&#1463;&#1504;&#1468;&#1493;&#1465;&#1514; (makhalat l&#255;&#8217;annot) may mean &#8220;illness to afflict.&#8221; Perhaps it refers to a particular style of music, a tune title, or a musical instrument. The term &#1502;&#1464;&#1495;&#1458;&#1500;&#1463;&#1514; also appears in the superscription of Ps 53. a well-written song#tn The meaning of the Hebrew term &#1502;&#1463;&#1513;&#1474;&#1456;&#1499;&#1468;&#1460;&#1497;&#1500; (maskil) is uncertain. The word is derived from a verb meaning &#8220;to be prudent; to be wise.&#8221; Various options are: &#8220;a contemplative song,&#8221; &#8220;a song imparting moral wisdom,&#8221; or &#8220;a skillful [i.e., well-written] song.&#8221; The term occurs in the superscriptions of Pss 32, 42, 44, 45, 52-55, 74, 78, 88, 89, and 142, as well as in Ps 47:7. by Heman the Ezrachite.</div><div class="p">1 O Lord God who delivers me!#tn Heb &#8220;O Lord God of my deliverance.&#8221; In light of the content of the psalm, this reference to God as the one who delivers seems overly positive. For this reason some emend the text to &#1488;&#1463;&#1500;&#1465;&#1492;&#1463;&#1497; &#1513;&#1473;&#1460;&#1493;&#1468;&#1463;&#1506;&#1456;&#1514;&#1468;&#1460;&#1497; (&#8217;alohay shivva&#8217;tiy, &#8220;[O Lord] my God, I cry out&#8221;). See v. 13.</div><div class="p">By day I cry out</div><div class="p">and at night I pray before you.#tn Heb &#8220;[by] day I cry out, in the night before you.&#8221;</div><div class="p">2 Listen to my prayer!#tn Heb &#8220;may my prayer come before you.&#8221; The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive, indicating the psalmist&#8217;s desire or prayer.</div><div class="p">Pay attention#tn Heb &#8220;turn your ear.&#8221; to my cry for help!</div><div class="p">3 For my life#tn Or &#8220;my soul.&#8221; is filled with troubles</div><div class="p">and I am ready to enter Sheol.#tn Heb &#8220;and my life approaches Sheol.&#8221;</div><div class="p">4 They treat me like#tn Heb &#8220;I am considered with.&#8221; those who descend into the grave.#tn Heb &#8220;the pit.&#8221; The noun &#1489;&#1468;&#1493;&#1465;&#1512; (bor, &#8220;pit,&#8221; &#8220;cistern&#8221;) is sometimes used of the grave and/or the realm of the dead.</div><div class="p">I am like a helpless man,#tn Heb &#8220;I am like a man [for whom] there is no help.&#8221;</div><div class="p">5 adrift#tn Heb &#8220;set free.&#8221; among the dead,</div><div class="p">like corpses lying in the grave,</div><div class="p">whom you remember no more,</div><div class="p">and who are cut off from your power.#tn Heb &#8220;from your hand.&#8221;</div><div class="p">6 You place me in the lowest regions of the pit,#tn The noun &#1489;&#1468;&#1493;&#1465;&#1512; (bor, &#8220;pit,&#8221; &#8220;cistern&#8221;) is sometimes used of the grave and/or the realm of the dead. See v. 4.</div><div class="p">in the dark places, in the watery depths.</div><div class="p">7 Your anger bears down on me,</div><div class="p">and you overwhelm me with all your waves. (Selah)</div><div class="p">8 You cause those who know me to keep their distance;</div><div class="p">you make me an appalling sight to them.</div><div class="p">I am trapped and cannot get free.#tn Heb &#8220;[I am] confined and I cannot go out.&#8221;</div><div class="p">9 My eyes grow weak because of oppression.</div><div class="p">I call out to you, O Lord, all day long;</div><div class="p">I spread out my hands in prayer to you.#tn Heb &#8220;I spread out my hands to you.&#8221; Spreading out the hands toward God was a prayer gesture (see Exod 9:29, 33; 1 Kgs 8:22, 38; 2 Chr 6:12-13, 29; Ezra 9:15; Job 11:13; Isa 1:15). The words &#8220;in prayer&#8221; have been supplied in the translation to clarify this.</div><div class="p">10 Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead?</div><div class="p">Do the departed spirits#tn Heb &#8220;Rephaim,&#8221; a term that refers to those who occupy the land of the dead (see Isa 14:9; 26:14, 19). rise up and give you thanks? (Selah)</div><div class="p">11 Is your loyal love proclaimed in the grave,</div><div class="p">or your faithfulness in the place of the dead?#tn Heb &#8220;in Abaddon,&#8221; a name for Sheol. The noun is derived from a verbal root meaning &#8220;to perish,&#8221; &#8220;to die.&#8221;</div><div class="p">12 Are your amazing deeds experienced#tn Heb &#8220;known.&#8221; in the dark region,#tn Heb &#8220;darkness,&#8221; here a title for Sheol.</div><div class="p">or your deliverance in the land of oblivion?#tn Heb &#8220;forgetfulness.&#8221; The noun, which occurs only here in the OT, is derived from a verbal root meaning &#8220;to forget.&#8221;sn The rhetorical questions in vv. 10-12 expect the answer, &#8220;Of course not!&#8221;</div><div class="p">13 As for me, I cry out to you, O Lord;</div><div class="p">in the morning my prayer confronts you.</div><div class="p">14 O Lord, why do you reject me,</div><div class="p">and pay no attention to me?#tn Heb &#8220;[why] do you hide your face from me?&#8221;</div><div class="p">15 I am oppressed and have been on the verge of death since my youth.#tn Heb &#8220;and am dying from youth.&#8221;</div><div class="p">I have been subjected to your horrors and am numb with pain.#tn Heb &#8220;I carry your horrors [?].&#8221; The meaning of the Hebrew form &#1488;&#1464;&#1508;&#1493;&#1468;&#1504;&#1464;&#1492; (&#8217;afunah), which occurs only here in the OT, is unclear. It may be an adverb meaning &#8220;very much&#8221; (BDB 67 s.v.), though some prefer to emend the text to &#1488;&#1464;&#1508;&#1493;&#1468;&#1490;&#1464;&#1492; (&#8217;afugah, &#8220;I am numb&#8221;) from the verb &#1508;&#1493;&#1468;&#1490; (pug; see Pss 38:8; 77:2).</div><div class="p">16 Your anger overwhelms me;#tn Heb &#8220;passes over me.&#8221;</div><div class="p">your terrors destroy me.</div><div class="p">17 They surround me like water all day long;</div><div class="p">they join forces and encircle me.#tn Heb &#8220;they encircle me together.&#8221;</div><div class="p">18 You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance;#tn Heb &#8220;you cause to be far from me friend and neighbor.&#8221;</div><div class="p">those who know me leave me alone in the darkness.#tn Heb &#8220;those known by me, darkness.&#8221;</div>
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O LORD God who delivers me!
By day I cry out
and at night I pray before you.
Listen to my prayer!
Pay attention to my cry for help!
For my life is filled with troubles
and I am ready to enter Sheol.
They treat me like those who descend into the grave.
I am like a helpless man,
adrift among the dead,
like corpses lying in the grave,
whom you remember no more,
and who are cut off from your power.
You place me in the lowest regions of the pit,
in the dark places, in the watery depths.
Your anger bears down on me,
and you overwhelm me with all your waves. (Selah)
You cause those who know me to keep their distance;
you make me an appalling sight to them.
I am trapped and cannot get free.
My eyes grow weak because of oppression.
I call out to you, O LORD, all day long;
I spread out my hands in prayer to you.
Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead?
Do the departed spirits rise up and give you thanks? (Selah)
Is your loyal love proclaimed in the grave,
or your faithfulness in the place of the dead?
Are your amazing deeds experienced in the dark region,
or your deliverance in the land of oblivion?
As for me, I cry out to you, O LORD;
in the morning my prayer confronts you.
O LORD, why do you reject me,
and pay no attention to me?
I am oppressed and have been on the verge of death since my youth.
I have been subjected to your horrors and am numb with pain.
Your anger overwhelms me;
your terrors destroy me.
They surround me like water all day long;
they join forces and encircle me.
You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance;
those who know me leave me alone in the darkness.

सुनें - Psalms 88