诗88:1 歌一首，可拉子孙的诗，就是以斯拉人希幔的训诲诗，交给诗班长，调用“麻哈拉利暗俄”。耶和华、拯救我的 神啊！我昼夜都在你面前哀求。
诗88:1 <A Song. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah. To the chief music-maker; put to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil. Of Heman the Ezrahite.> O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night:
诗88:2 愿我的祷告达到你面前，求你留心听我的呼求。
诗88:2 Let my prayer come before you; give ear to my cry:
诗88:3 因为我饱经忧患，我的性命临近阴间。
诗88:3 For my soul is full of evils, and my life has come near to the underworld.
诗88:4 我被列在下坑的人中，就像一个没有气力的人一样。
诗88:4 I am numbered among those who go down into the earth; I have become like a man for whom there is no help:
诗88:5 我被弃在死人之中，好像被杀的人躺在坟墓里；你不再记念他们，他们也和你（“你”原文作“你的手”）隔绝了。
诗88:5 My soul is among the dead, like those in the underworld, to whom you give no more thought; for they are cut off from your care.
诗88:6 你把我放在最深的坑里，把我放在黑暗的地方和深渊里。
诗88:6 You have put me in the lowest deep, even in dark places.
诗88:7 你的烈怒重重地压着我，你的波浪从四方八面把我淹盖。（细拉）
诗88:7 The weight of your wrath is crushing me, all your waves have overcome me. (Selah.)
诗88:8 你使我的知己都远离我，使我成为他们所厌恶的。我被囚禁，不能外出。
诗88:8 You have sent my friends far away from me; you have made me a disgusting thing in their eyes: I am shut up, and not able to come out.
诗88:9 我的眼睛因困苦而昏花；耶和华啊，我天天向你呼求，向你举手祷告。
诗88:9 My eyes are wasting away because of my trouble: Lord, my cry has gone up to you every day, my hands are stretched out to you.
诗88:10 你要为死人行奇事吗？阴魂会起来称谢你吗？（细拉）
诗88:10 Will you do works of wonder for the dead? will the shades come back to give you praise? (Selah.)
诗88:11 在坟墓里有人述说你的慈爱吗？在灭亡之地（“灭亡之地”原文作“亚巴顿”）有人述说你的信实吗？
诗88:11 Will the story of your mercy be given in the house of the dead? will news of your faith come to the place of destruction?
诗88:12 你的奇事在黑暗里有人知道吗？你的公义在那遗忘之地有人知道吗？
诗88:12 May there be knowledge of your wonders in the dark? or of your righteousness where memory is dead?
诗88:13 耶和华啊！我却向你呼求，我的祷告在早晨达到你面前。
诗88:13 But to you did I send up my cry, O Lord; in the morning my prayer came before you.
诗88:14 耶和华啊！你为什么丢弃我？为什么掩面不顾我？
诗88:14 Lord, why have you sent away my soul? why is your face covered from me?
诗88:15 我自幼受苦，几乎死亡；我受了惊吓，以致困惑不安（“困惑不安”原文意义难确定）。
诗88:15 I have been troubled and in fear of death from the time when I was young; your wrath is hard on me, and I have no strength.
诗88:16 你的烈怒把我淹没，你的惊吓把我除灭。
诗88:16 The heat of your wrath has gone over me; I am broken by your cruel punishments.
诗88:17 这些终日像水一样环绕我，一起把我围困。
诗88:17 They are round me all the day like water; they have made a circle about me.
诗88:18 你使我挚爱的和同伴都远离我，黑暗成了我的知己。
诗88:18 You have sent my friends and lovers far from me; I am gone from the memory of those who are dear to me.