Psalm 88
1 Ein Gesang, ein Lied, von den Korachiten, auf den Siegesspender, eine Zugabe, bei Bußübungen, ein Lehrgedicht, von Heman, dem Ezrachiten. Du meines Heiles Gott, o Herr! Ich rufe Tag und Nacht zu Dir.
Yahweh God, you who rescues me, all during each day I call out [to you] to help me, and I cry out to you during each night also.
2 Es komme mein Gebet vor Dich! Und neige meinem Fleh'n Dein Ohr!
Listen [IDM] to my prayer [DOU], while I cry out to you [for help]!
I have experienced many troubles/difficulties, and I am about to die [MTY] and go where dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
4 Zu denen, die zur Grube fahren, zählt man mich; ich gleiche einem Manne ohne Kraft.
Because I have no more strength, [other people also] consider that I will soon die.
5 Wie Tote bin ich, bloß von allem, wie die Verblichenen, die im Grabe liegen, und deren Du nicht mehr gedenkst, und die Dir fernestehen.
I am like a corpse that has been abandoned; I am like dead people who lie in their graves, people who have been completely forgotten, because you do not take care of them any more.
6 Du stößt mich in die tiefste Grube, in Finsternis, in große Tiefen.
[It is as though] you have thrown me into a deep, dark pit, into a place where they throw corpses.
7 Dein Grimm liegt schwer auf mir; und Deine Fluten führst Du her. (Sela)
[It seems like] you are very angry with me, and [it is as though] you have crushed me like [ocean] waves [crash down on people] [MET].
8 Und Du entfremdest mir die Freunde; zum Ekel machst Du mich für sie. Ich liege eingekerkert und darf nimmer ausgehn.
You have caused my friends to (avoid/stay away from) me; I have become repulsive to them. [It is as though] I am in a prison and cannot escape.
9 Matt ist mein Auge mir vom Leiden. Ich rufe täglich, Herr, Dich an und breite meine Hände nach Dir aus:
My eyes cannot see well because I cry very much. Yahweh, every day I call out to you [to help me]; I lift up my hands to you [while I pray].
10 "Wirst Du an Taten Wunder tun? Und stehen Schatten auf, Dir Dank zu sagen? (Sela)
You certainly do not [RHQ] perform miracles for dead people! Their spirits do not [RHQ] arise to praise you!
11 Rühmt man im Grabe Deine Liebe und Deine Treue in der Unterwelt?
Corpses in the grave certainly do not tell about your faithfully loving us [RHQ], and in the place where people are finally destroyed, no one tells about what you faithfully [do for us] [RHQ].
12 Wird in der Finsternis Dein unvergleichlich Wesen kundgetan und Deine Liebe in dem Lande der Vergessenheit?"
No one in the deep dark pit ever sees the miracles that you perform [RHQ], and no one in the place where people have been completely forgotten tells about your being good to us.
13 So schreie ich, o Herr, zu Dir; vor Dich dringt in der Frühe mein Gebet.
But [as for me], Yahweh, I cry out to you [to help me]; each morning I pray to you.
14 Warum verschmähst Du meine Seele, Herr, verbirgst vor mir Dein Angesicht?
Yahweh, why do you reject me [RHQ]? Why do you turn away from me [RHQ]?
15 So elend bin ich, von der Jugendzeit an sterbend, und wortlos Deine Schrecken tragend.
All the time since I was young, I have suffered and have often almost died; I am (in despair/very discouraged) because of enduring the terrible things that you have done to me.
16 Mich überfallen Deine Zornesgluten, und Deine Schrecknisse vernichten mich,
[I feel that] you have crushed me because of your being angry with me; the terrible things that you are doing to me are almost destroying me.
17 umfluten täglich mich wie Wasser, umschließen mich zumal.
[I feel as though] they surround me like a flood [SIM]; they are (closing in on/crushing) me from all sides.
18 Du nimmst mir meine Freunde und Gefährten weg, und meine Liebsten sind entschwunden.
You have caused [even] my friends and others whom I love to avoid me, and [it is as though] the only friend that I have is darkness.
