Verse 3
Psalms 88:3
New Living Translation
3
For my life is full of troubles,<br>and death draws near.<br>
Original Language Text
hebrew
תָּב֣וֹא לְ֭/פָנֶי/ךָ תְּפִלָּתִ֑/י הַטֵּֽה אָ֝זְנְ/ךָ֗ לְ/רִנָּתִֽ/י
English Translation
May my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 88 Context
1
O LORD, God (Elohim) of my salvation,<br>I cry out to you by day.<br>I come to you at night.<br>
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Now hear my prayer;<br>listen to my cry.<br>
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3
For my life is full of troubles,<br>and death draws near.<br>
4
I am as good as dead,<br>like a strong man with no strength left.<br>
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5
They have left me among the dead,<br>and I lie like a corpse in a grave.<br>I am forgotten,<br>cut o...
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6
You have thrown me into the lowest pit,<br>into the darkest depths.<br>
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7
Your anger weighs me down;<br>with wave after wave you have engulfed me. <i>Interlude</i><br>
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8
You have driven my friends away<br>by making me repulsive to them.<br>I am in a trap with no way of...
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9
My eyes are blinded by my tears.<br>Each day I beg for your help, O LORD;<br>I lift my hands to you...
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10
Are your wonderful deeds of any use to the dead?<br>Do the dead rise up and praise you? <i>Interlude...
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11
Can those in the grave declare your unfailing love?<br>Can they proclaim your faithfulness in the pl...
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12
Can the darkness speak of your wonderful deeds?<br>Can anyone in the land of forgetfulness talk abou...
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13
O LORD, I cry out to you.<br>I will keep on pleading day by day.<br>
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14
O LORD, why do you reject me?<br>Why do you turn your face from me?<br>
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15
I have been sick and close to death since my youth.<br>I stand helpless and desperate before your te...
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16
Your fierce anger has overwhelmed me.<br>Your terrors have paralyzed me.<br>
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They swirl around me like floodwaters all day long.<br>They have engulfed me completely.<br>
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18
You have taken away my companions and loved ones.<br>Darkness is my closest friend.<br>
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