Psalm 88 #catechesis/bible/psalm
[!abstract] A prayer of one under grievous affliction: it agrees to Christ in his passion, and alludes to his death and burial.
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GR ᾠδὴ ψαλμοῦ τοῖς υἱοῖς Κορε εἰς τὸ τέλος ὑπὲρ μαελεθ τοῦ ἀποκριθῆναι συνέσεως Αιμαν τῷ Ισραηλίτῃ
LA Canticum Psalmi, filiis Core, in finem, pro Maheleth ad respondendum. Intellectus Eman Ezrahitæ.
EN A canticle of a psalm for the sons of Core: unto the end, for Maheleth, to answer understanding of Eman the Ezrahite.
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[!note]- Maheleth…
A musical instrument, or chorus of musicians, to answer one another. – Ibid. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
[!note]- Understanding…
Or a psalm of instruction, composed by Eman the Ezrahite, or by David, in his name. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR κύριε ὁ θεὸς τῆς σωτηρίας μου ἡμέρας ἐκέκραξα καὶ ἐν νυκτὶ ἐναντίον σου
LA Domine, Deus salutis meæ, in die clamavi et nocte coram te.
EN O Lord, the God of my salvation: I have cried in the day, and in the night before you.
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GR εἰσελθάτω ἐνώπιόν σου ἡ προσευχή μου κλῖνον τὸ οὖς σου εἰς τὴν δέησίν μου κύριε
LA Intret in conspectu tuo oratio mea, inclina aurem tuam ad precem meam.
EN Let my prayer come in before you: incline your ear to my petition.
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GR ὅτι ἐπλήσθη κακῶν ἡ ψυχή μου καὶ ἡ ζωή μου τῷ ᾅδῃ ἤγγισεν
LA Quia repleta est malis anima mea, et vita mea inferno appropinquavit.
EN For my soul is filled with evils: and my life has drawn near to hell.
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GR προσελογίσθην μετὰ τῶν καταβαινόντων εἰς λάκκον ἐγενήθην ὡς ἄνθρωπος ἀβοήθητος ἐν νεκροῖς ἐλεύθερος
LA Æstimatus sum cum descendentibus in lacum, factus sum sicut homo sine adjutorio,
EN I am counted among them that go down to the pit: I have become as a man without help,
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GR ὡσεὶ τραυματίαι ἐρριμμένοι καθεύδοντες ἐν τάφῳ ὧν οὐκ ἐμνήσθης ἔτι καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐκ τῆς χειρός σου ἀπώσθησαν
LA inter mortuos liber; sicut vulnerati dormientes in sepulchris, quorum non es memor amplius, et ipsi de manu tua repulsi sunt.
EN free among the dead. Like the slain sleeping in the sepulchres, whom you remember no more: and they are cut off from your hand.
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GR ἔθεντό με ἐν λάκκῳ κατωτάτῳ ἐν σκοτεινοῖς καὶ ἐν σκιᾷ θανάτου
LA Posuerunt me in lacu inferiori, in tenebrosis, et in umbra mortis.
EN They have laid me in the lower pit: in the dark places, and in the shadow of death.
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GR ἐπ’ ἐμὲ ἐπεστηρίχθη ὁ θυμός σου καὶ πάντας τοὺς μετεωρισμούς σου ἐπ’ ἐμὲ ἐπήγαγες διάψαλμα
LA Super me confirmatus est furor tuus, et omnes fluctus tuos induxisti super me.
EN Your wrath is strong over me: and all your waves you have brought in upon me.
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GR ἐμάκρυνας τοὺς γνωστούς μου ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ ἔθεντό με βδέλυγμα ἑαυτοῖς παρεδόθην καὶ οὐκ ἐξεπορευόμην
LA Longe fecisti notos meos a me; posuerunt me abominationem sibi. Traditus sum, et non egrediebar;
EN You have put away my acquaintance far from me: they have set me an abomination to themselves. I was delivered up, and came not forth:
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GR οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου ἠσθένησαν ἀπὸ πτωχείας ἐκέκραξα πρὸς σέ κύριε ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν διεπέτασα πρὸς σὲ τὰς χεῖράς μου
LA oculi mei languerunt præ inopia. Clamavi ad te, Domine, tota die; expandi ad te manus meas.
EN My eyes languished through poverty. All the day I cried to you, O Lord: I stretched out my hands to you.
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GR μὴ τοῖς νεκροῖς ποιήσεις θαυμάσια ἢ ἰατροὶ ἀναστήσουσιν καὶ ἐξομολογήσονταί σοι
LA Numquid mortuis facies mirabilia? aut medici suscitabunt, et confitebuntur tibi?
EN Will you show wonders to the dead? Or shall physicians raise to life, and give praise to you?
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GR μὴ διηγήσεταί τις ἐν τάφῳ τὸ ἔλεός σου καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειάν σου ἐν τῇ ἀπωλείᾳ
LA Numquid narrabit aliquis in sepulchro misericordiam tuam, et veritatem tuam in perditione?
EN Shall any one in the sepulchre declare your mercy: and your truth in destruction?
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GR μὴ γνωσθήσεται ἐν τῷ σκότει τὰ θαυμάσιά σου καὶ ἡ δικαιοσύνη σου ἐν γῇ ἐπιλελησμένῃ
LA Numquid cognoscentur in tenebris mirabilia tua? et justitia tua in terra oblivionis?
EN Shall your wonders be known in the dark; and your justice in the land of forgetfulness?
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GR κἀγὼ πρὸς σέ κύριε ἐκέκραξα καὶ τὸ πρωὶ ἡ προσευχή μου προφθάσει σε
LA Et ego ad te, Domine, clamavi, et mane oratio mea præveniet te.
EN But I, O Lord, have cried to you: and in the morning my prayer shall prevent you.
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GR ἵνα τί κύριε ἀπωθεῖς τὴν ψυχήν μου ἀποστρέφεις τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ
LA Ut quid, Domine, repellis orationem meam; avertis faciem tuam a me?
EN Lord, why do you cast off my prayer: why do you turn your face from me?
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GR πτωχός εἰμι ἐγὼ καὶ ἐν κόποις ἐκ νεότητός μου ὑψωθεὶς δὲ ἐταπεινώθην καὶ ἐξηπορήθην
LA Pauper sum ego, et in laboribus a juventute mea; exaltatus autem, humiliatus sum et conturbatus.
EN I am poor, and in labours from my youth: and being exalted have been humbled and troubled.
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GR ἐπ’ ἐμὲ διῆλθον αἱ ὀργαί σου καὶ οἱ φοβερισμοί σου ἐξετάραξάν με
LA In me transierunt iræ tuæ, et terrores tui conturbaverunt me:
EN Your wrath has come upon me: and your terrors have troubled me.
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GR ἐκύκλωσάν με ὡς ὕδωρ ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν περιέσχον με ἅμα
LA circumdederunt me sicut aqua tota die; circumdederunt me simul.
EN They have come round about me like water all the day: they have compassed me about together.
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GR ἐμάκρυνας ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ φίλον καὶ πλησίον καὶ τοὺς γνωστούς μου ἀπὸ ταλαιπωρίας
LA Elongasti a me amicum et proximum, et notos meos a miseria.
EN Friend and neighbour you have put far from me: and my acquaintance, because of misery.
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