Psalms 88 – NIV & LCB

New International Version

Psalms 88:1-18

Psalm 88In Hebrew texts 88:1-18 is numbered 88:2-19.

A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah. For the director of music. According to mahalath leannoth.Title: Possibly a tune, “The Suffering of Affliction” A maskilTitle: Probably a literary or musical term of Heman the Ezrahite.

1Lord, you are the God who saves me;

day and night I cry out to you.

2May my prayer come before you;

turn your ear to my cry.

3I am overwhelmed with troubles

and my life draws near to death.

4I am counted among those who go down to the pit;

I am like one without strength.

5I am set apart with the dead,

like the slain who lie in the grave,

whom you remember no more,

who are cut off from your care.

6You have put me in the lowest pit,

in the darkest depths.

7Your wrath lies heavily on me;

you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.88:7 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 10.

8You have taken from me my closest friends

and have made me repulsive to them.

I am confined and cannot escape;

9my eyes are dim with grief.

I call to you, Lord, every day;

I spread out my hands to you.

10Do you show your wonders to the dead?

Do their spirits rise up and praise you?

11Is your love declared in the grave,

your faithfulness in Destruction88:11 Hebrew Abaddon?

12Are your wonders known in the place of darkness,

or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?

13But I cry to you for help, Lord;

in the morning my prayer comes before you.

14Why, Lord, do you reject me

and hide your face from me?

15From my youth I have suffered and been close to death;

I have borne your terrors and am in despair.

16Your wrath has swept over me;

your terrors have destroyed me.

17All day long they surround me like a flood;

they have completely engulfed me.

18You have taken from me friend and neighbor—

darkness is my closest friend.

Luganda Contemporary Bible

Zabbuli 88:1-18

Zabbuli 88

Ya Mukulu wa Bayimbi. Zabbuli ya Batabani ba Koola.

1Ayi Mukama Katonda, Omulokozi wange,

nkaaba emisana n’ekiro mu maaso go.

2Kkiriza okusaba kwange kutuuke gy’oli;

otege okutu kwo nga nkukoowoola.

3Kubanga emmeeme yange ejjudde ebizibu,

era nsemberedde okufa.

4Mbalirwa mu abo abaserengeta emagombe;

nfaanana ng’omuntu atalina maanyi.

5Bandese wano ng’afudde,

nga ndi ng’abo be basse abalinda obulinzi entaana,

nga tokyaddayo kubajjukira,

era nga tewakyali kya kubakolera.

6Ontadde mu kinnya ekisinga obuwanvu,

era eky’ekizikiza ekikutte ennyo.

7Obusungu bwo bumbuubuukiddeko nnyo,

ng’ennyanja esiikuuse n’amayengo gaayo ne gankuba okusukkirira.

8Ab’emikwano abasingira ddala okunjagala obammazeeko,

n’onfuula ekyenyinyalwa gye bali.

Nsibiddwa, so sisobola kwesumattula.

9Amaaso gange gayimbadde olw’ennaku.

Nkukoowoola buli lunaku, Ayi Mukama,

ne ngolola emikono gyange gy’oli nga nkwegayirira.

10Ebyamagero byo onoobikoleranga bafu?

Abafudde banaagolokokanga ne bakutendereza?

11Okwagala kwo onookulaganga abali emagombe

n’obwesigwa bwo abo abali mu kifo eky’okuzikirira?

12Ebyamagero byo binaamanyibwanga mu kifo ekyo eky’ekizikiza?

Oba ebikolwa byo eby’obutuukirivu bwo bye binaamanyibwanga mu nsi eyamala edda okwerabirwa?

13Naye nze, Ayi Mukama, naakabiriranga ggwe okunnyamba;

buli nkya okusaba kwange kunaatuukanga gy’oli.

14Ayi Mukama, onsuulidde ki?

Onkwekedde ki amaaso go?

15Ombonyaabonyezza okuviira ddala mu buvubuka bwange, era nga mbeera kumpi n’okufa;

ngumiikirizza nnyo entiisa yo, era kaakano mpweddemu essuubi.

16Obusungu bwo obubuubuuka bunzigwereddeko era bunzikkiriza.

Entiisa yo tendeseemu ka buntu.

17Binzingiza nga mukoka olunaku lwonna;

binsaanikiridde ddala.

18Ommazeeko ab’emikwano n’abo abanjagala ennyo;

nsigazza nzikiza yokka.