诗88:1 （可拉后裔的诗歌，就是以斯拉人希幔的训诲诗，交与伶长。调用麻哈拉利暗俄。）耶和华拯救我的 神啊，我昼夜在你面前呼吁。
诗88:1 O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
诗88:2 愿我的祷告达到你面前，求你侧耳听我的呼求！
诗88:2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
诗88:3 因为我心里满了患难，我的性命临近阴间。
诗88:3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
诗88:4 我算和下坑的人同列，如同无力的人一样（“无力”或作“没有帮助”）。
诗88:4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
诗88:5 我被丢在死人中，好像被杀的人躺在坟墓里。他们是你不再记念的，与你隔绝了。
诗88:5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
诗88:6 你把我放在极深的坑里，在黑暗地方，在深处。
诗88:6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
诗88:7 你的忿怒重压我身，你用一切的波浪困住我。（细拉）
诗88:7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
诗88:8 你把我所认识的隔在远处，使我为他们所憎恶。我被拘困，不得出来。
诗88:8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
诗88:9 我的眼睛因困苦而干瘪。耶和华啊，我天天求告你，向你举手。
诗88:9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
诗88:10 你岂要行奇事给死人看吗？难道阴魂还能起来称赞你吗？细拉
诗88:10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
诗88:11 岂能在坟墓里述说你的慈爱吗？岂能在灭亡中述说你的信实吗？
诗88:11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?
诗88:12 你的奇事岂能在幽暗里被知道吗？你的公义岂能在忘记之地被知道吗？
诗88:12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
诗88:13 耶和华啊，我呼求你！我早晨的祷告要达到你面前。
诗88:13 But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
诗88:14 耶和华啊，你为何丢弃我？为何掩面不顾我？
诗88:14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
诗88:15 我自幼受苦，几乎死亡；我受你的惊恐，甚至慌张。
诗88:15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
诗88:16 你的烈怒漫过我身；你的惊吓把我剪除。
诗88:16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
诗88:17 这些终日如水环绕我，一齐都来围困我。
诗88:17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
诗88:18 你把我的良朋密友隔在远处，使我所认识的人进入黑暗里。
诗88:18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.