Psalms 88

He waiata, he himene ma nga tama a Koraha. Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Maharata Reanoto. He Makiri na Hemana Eterahi. E Ihowa, e te Atua o toku whakaoranga, he tangi taku ki tou aroaro i te ao, i te po.

O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:

Kia tae atu taku inoi ki tou aroaro: whakatitahatia mai tou taringa ki taku tangi.

Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;

Kua ki hoki toku wairua i te pouri, a e whakatata ana toku ora ki te reinga.

For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

Kua taua tahitia ahau me te hunga e heke ana ki te rua; e rite ana ahau ki te tangata kahore ona awhina!

I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

I maka ki waenga i nga tupapaku, me he tangata i patua e takoto ana i te urupa, kahore nei e maharatia e koe i muri; he mea momotu ke ratou na tou ringa.

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.

Kua whakatakotoria ahau e koe ki te rua i raro riro, ki te pouri, ki nga rire.

Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

E pehia ana ahau e tou riri, e pakia ana hoki e koe ki au ngaru katoa. (Hera.

Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

Kua whakamataratia atu e koe oku hoa kia tawhiti i ahau: kua meinga ahau e koe hei mea whakarihariha ki a ratou: kua uakina mai ahau, a kahore e puta ki waho.

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.

Kua he toku kanohi i te tangihanga: e karanga ana ahau ki a koe, e Ihowa, i nga ra katoa, kua totoro hoki oku ringa ki a koe.

Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

Tera ranei koe e mahi merekara ki nga tupapaku? E ara koia te hunga kua mate ki te whakamoemiti ki a koe? (Hera.

Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

Ka kauwhautia ranei tou aroha i roto i te urupa? tou pono i roto i te ngaromanga?

Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

E matauria koia au mea whakamiharo i roto i te pouri? tou tika i te whenua o te warewaretanga?

Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Ko ahau ia kua karanga ki a koe, e Ihowa: a i te ata ka tae atu taku inoi ki tou aroaro.

But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

He aha, e Ihowa, i panga ai toku wairua e koe? He aha i huna ai tou mata ki ahau?

LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

No toku tamarikitanga ake ano i pakia ai ahau, i whakahemohemo ai: i ahau e pehia ana e au whakawehi, ka pororaru noa iho.

I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

I tika tou riri nui ma runga i ahau; kua haukotia ahau e au mea whakawehi.

Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

Ano he wai ratou ki te karapoti i ahau i te ra roa nei; hui tahi ratou ki te taiawhio i ahau.

They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

Kua wehea e koe kia tawhiti atu i ahau te hoa hei aroha mai, me oku hoa ki roto ki te pouri.

Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.