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OET-RV PSA Chapter 88

OETPSA 88 ©

This is still a very early look into the unfinished text of the Open English Translation of the Bible. Please double-check the text in advance before using in public.

88:1A depressed cry for help

88 For the musical director: a song by Korah’s descendants. To be sung to the tune of ‘Mahalat leannot’ a song[fn] by Heyman, one of Ezra’s descendants.

88Yahweh God who rescues me,

I call out day and night to you for help.

2Let my prayer be noticed by you.

Pay attention to my cry

3because I’m filled with troubles,

and my life is approaching the grave.

4People treat me like those who’re going down into the pit.

I’m a man with no strength left.

5I’m abandoned among the dead.

I’m like the dead who lie in the grave,

about whom you don’t care any more

because they’re cut off from your power.

6You place me in the lowest part of the pit—

in the dark and deep places.

7Your rage lies heavy on me,

and all your waves crash over me. (Instrumental break.)

8Because of you, my acquaintances avoid me.

You have made me a shocking sight to them.

I am hemmed in and I cannot escape.

9My eyes grow weary from trouble.

All day long I call out to you for help, Yahweh

I spread out my hands to you.

10Will you do wonders for the dead?

Will those who’ve died rise and praise you? (Instrumental break.)

11Will your loyal commitment be proclaimed in the grave

your loyalty in the place of the dead?

12Will your wonderful activities be known in the darkness,

or your righteousness in the place of forgetfulness?

13But I cry to you for help, Yahweh

in the morning my prayer goes before you.

14Yahweh, why do you reject me?

Why do you hide yourself from me?

15Since my youth, I’ve always been afflicted and close to death.

I have suffered from your terrors—I’m in despair.

16Your severe anger has swept over me,

and your terrifying deeds have annihilated me.

17They surround me like water all the day long.

They’ve all encircled me.

18You’ve taken all my friends and acquaintances away from me.

Now my only acquaintance is the darkness.


88:0 In Hebrew, ‘maskil’ is perhaps the name of this class of song.

OETPSA 88 ©

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