## Psalms Chapter 88

###### Psalms 88:1
[Psalms 88:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/88:1)

שִׁ֥יר מִזְמ֗וֹר לִבְנֵ֫י־קֹ֥רַח לַמְנַצֵּ֣חַ עַל־מָחֲלַ֣ת לְעַנּ֑וֹת מַ֝שְׂכִּ֗יל לְהֵימָ֥ן הָאֶזְרָחִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A Poem, A Psalm for the sons of Qoraĥ, to the chief Musician upon Maĥalat Le῾annot, A Maskil of Heman the Ezraĥite.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A song, a psalm of the sons of Korach, for the conductor, on the sick [(with love)] and the afflicted [(with the afflictions of exile)], a maskil for [rendition by] Heman the Ezrachite.


###### Psalms 88:2
[Psalms 88:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/88:2)

יְ֭הֹוָה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יְשׁוּעָתִ֑י יוֹם־צָעַ֖קְתִּי בַלַּ֣יְלָה נֶגְדֶּֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O Lord God of my salvation, when I cry in the night before Thee:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
O L rd, G d of my salvation, I cried out [to You all] day, [and] at night [I am readied with prayer] before You.


###### Psalms 88:3
[Psalms 88:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/88:3)

תָּב֣וֹא לְ֭פָנֶיךָ תְּפִלָּתִ֑י הַטֵּ֥ה אׇ֝זְנְךָ֗ לְרִנָּתִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
let my prayer come before Thee: incline Thy ear to my cry;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my song.


###### Psalms 88:4
[Psalms 88:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/88:4)

כִּֽי־שָׂבְעָ֣ה בְרָע֣וֹת נַפְשִׁ֑י וְ֝חַיַּ֗י לִשְׁא֥וֹל הִגִּֽיעוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
for my soul is sated with evils: and my life draws near to She᾽ol.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For my [(Israel's)] soul has been sated with ills and [the days of] my life have reached unto Sheol.


###### Psalms 88:5
[Psalms 88:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/88:5)

נֶ֭חְשַׁבְתִּי עִם־י֣וֹרְדֵי ב֑וֹר הָ֝יִ֗יתִי כְּגֶ֣בֶר אֵֽין־אֱיָֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I am reckoned with those who go down into the pit: I am like a man who has no strength:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I have been reckoned as those who descend to the pit. I have been as a man without strength.


###### Psalms 88:6
[Psalms 88:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/88:6)

בַּמֵּתִ֗ים חׇ֫פְשִׁ֥י כְּמ֤וֹ חֲלָלִ֨ים**׀** שֹׁ֥כְבֵי קֶ֗בֶר אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹ֣א זְכַרְתָּ֣ם ע֑וֹד וְ֝הֵ֗מָּה מִיָּדְךָ֥ נִגְזָֽרוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
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.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[I am reckoned] among the dead, who are free [(of the world)], as the slain, inhabitants of the grave, whom You did not yet remember [(with the resurrection)], who are cut off [(from the world)] by [the blows of] Your hand.


###### Psalms 88:7
[Psalms 88:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/88:7)

שַׁ֭תַּנִי בְּב֣וֹר תַּחְתִּיּ֑וֹת בְּ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים בִּמְצֹלֽוֹת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You have placed me in the nethermost pit [(the exile)], in the darkness and the depths.


###### Psalms 88:8
[Psalms 88:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/88:8)

עָ֭לַי סָמְכָ֣ה חֲמָתֶ֑ךָ וְכׇל־מִ֝שְׁבָּרֶ֗יךָ עִנִּ֥יתָ סֶּֽלָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thy wrath lies hard upon me, and Thou dost overwhelm me with all Thy waves. (Sela.)

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Your wrath has rested upon me and You have afflicted me forever with all of Your breakers.


###### Psalms 88:9
[Psalms 88:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/88:9)

הִרְחַ֥קְתָּ מְיֻדָּעַ֗י מִ֫מֶּ֥נִּי שַׁתַּ֣נִי תוֹעֵב֣וֹת לָ֑מוֹ כָּ֝לֻ֗א וְלֹ֣א אֵצֵֽא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou hast put away my acquaintances far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination to them: I am shut up, and I cannot come out.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You have removed my companions from me. You have made me despicable to them [(to the peoples, who heretofore had held me in esteem)]. [I am imprisoned and cannot go out.]


###### Psalms 88:10
[Psalms 88:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/88:10)

עֵינִ֥י דָאֲבָ֗ה מִנִּ֫י־עֹ֥נִי קְרָאתִ֣יךָ יְהֹוָ֣ה בְּכׇל־י֑וֹם שִׁטַּ֖חְתִּי אֵלֶ֣יךָ כַפָּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My eye is dim by reason of affliction: Lord, I have called daily upon Thee, I have stretched out my hands to Thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My eye is sad with affliction. I have called You, O L rd, every day; I have spread out my palms before You.


###### Psalms 88:11
[Psalms 88:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/88:11)

הֲלַמֵּתִ֥ים תַּעֲשֶׂה־פֶּ֑לֶא אִם־רְ֝פָאִ֗ים יָק֤וּמוּ**׀** יוֹד֬וּךָ סֶּֽלָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Wilt Thou show wonders to the dead? shall the shades arise and praise Thee? (Sela.)

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Would you work wonders for the dead! [(i.e., for the wicked, who are called "dead" in their lifetimes)] Will the shades [(refa'im, those who "weakened" [ripu] their hands from Torah)] arise and praise You forever?


###### Psalms 88:12
[Psalms 88:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/88:12)

הַיְסֻפַּ֣ר בַּקֶּ֣בֶר חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ אֱ֝מ֥וּנָתְךָ֗ בָּאֲבַדּֽוֹן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Shall Thy steadfast love be reported in the grave? or Thy faithfulness in Avaddon?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(If we perish at the hands of our enemies)] will Your lovingkindnesses be told in the grave? Your faithfulness in the waste [(i.e., in the grave)]?


###### Psalms 88:13
[Psalms 88:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/88:13)

הֲיִוָּדַ֣ע בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ פִּלְאֶ֑ךָ וְ֝צִדְקָתְךָ֗ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ נְשִׁיָּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Shall Thy wonders be known in the dark? and Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Will Your wonders be known in the darkness [i.e., the grave]? Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?


###### Psalms 88:14
[Psalms 88:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/88:14)

וַאֲנִ֤י**׀** אֵלֶ֣יךָ יְהֹוָ֣ה שִׁוַּ֑עְתִּי וּ֝בַבֹּ֗קֶר תְּֽפִלָּתִ֥י תְקַדְּמֶֽךָּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But to Thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer attend Thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Have I not cried out to You, O L rd? Has my prayer not come before You each morning?


###### Psalms 88:15
[Psalms 88:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/88:15)

לָמָ֣ה יְ֭הֹוָה תִּזְנַ֣ח נַפְשִׁ֑י תַּסְתִּ֖יר פָּנֶ֣יךָ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Lord, why dost Thou cast off my soul? why dost Thou hide Thy face from me?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Why, O L rd, do You abandon my soul [to the foe]? [Why do] You conceal Your countenance from me?


###### Psalms 88:16
[Psalms 88:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/88:16)

עָ֘נִ֤י אֲנִ֣י וְגֹוֵ֣עַ מִנֹּ֑עַר נָשָׂ֖אתִי אֵמֶ֣יךָ אָפֽוּנָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I am afflicted and close to death from my youth up. I suffer Thy terrors, I am numb.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I am afflicted and expiring in suffocation; Your fright has been resident [within me].


###### Psalms 88:17
[Psalms 88:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/88:17)

עָ֭לַי עָבְר֣וּ חֲרוֹנֶ֑יךָ בִּ֝עוּתֶ֗יךָ צִמְּתוּתֻֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thy fierce wrath goes over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Your ire has passed over me; Your terrors have cut me off.


###### Psalms 88:18
[Psalms 88:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/88:18)

סַבּ֣וּנִי כַ֭מַּיִם כׇּל־הַיּ֑וֹם הִקִּ֖יפוּ עָלַ֣י יָֽחַד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They come round about me daily like water; they compass me about together.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They encircle me like water all of the day; they encompass me together.


###### Psalms 88:19
[Psalms 88:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/88:19)

הִרְחַ֣קְתָּ מִ֭מֶּנִּי אֹהֵ֣ב וָרֵ֑עַ מְֽיֻדָּעַ֥י מַחְשָֽׁךְ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Friend and companion hast Thou put far from me, my acquaintances are in darkness.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You have removed from me lover and friend; my companions have darkened [i.e., they have faded from me].