1 A Song. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah. To the chief music-maker; put to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil. Of Heman the Ezrahite. 2 \88:1\O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night:3 \88:2\Let my prayer come before you; give ear to my cry:4 \88:3\For my soul is full of evils, and my life has come near to the underworld.5 \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:6 \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.7 \88:6\You have put me in the lowest deep, even in dark places.8 \88:7\The weight of your wrath is crushing me, all your waves have overcome me. (Selah.)9 \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.10 \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.11 \88:10\Will you do works of wonder for the dead? will the shades come back to give you praise? (Selah.)12 \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?13 \88:12\May there be knowledge of your wonders in the dark? or of your righteousness where memory is dead?14 \88:13\But to you did I send up my cry, O Lord; in the morning my prayer came before you.15 \88:14\Lord, why have you sent away my soul? why is your face covered from me?16 \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.17 \88:16\The heat of your wrath has gone over me; I am broken by your cruel punishments.18 \88:17\They are round me all the day like water; they have made a circle about me.19 \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.

1 Intellectus Ethan Ezrahit. 2 [Misericordias Domini in ternum cantabo ;in generationem et generationem annuntiabo veritatem tuam in ore meo.3 Quoniam dixisti : In ternum misericordia dificabitur in clis ;prparabitur veritas tua in eis.4 Disposui testamentum electis meis ;juravi David servo meo :5 Usque in ternum prparabo semen tuum,et dificabo in generationem et generationem sedem tuam.6 Confitebuntur cli mirabilia tua, Domine ;etenim veritatem tuam in ecclesia sanctorum.7 Quoniam quis in nubibus quabitur Domino ;similis erit Deo in filiis Dei ?8 Deus, qui glorificatur in consilio sanctorum,magnus et terribilis super omnes qui in circuitu ejus sunt.9 Domine Deus virtutum, quis similis tibi ?potens es, Domine, et veritas tua in circuitu tuo.10 Tu dominaris potestati maris ;motum autem fluctuum ejus tu mitigas.11 Tu humiliasti, sicut vulneratum, superbum ;in brachio virtutis tu dispersisti inimicos tuos.12 Tui sunt cli, et tua est terra :orbem terr, et plenitudinem ejus tu fundasti ;13 aquilonem et mare tu creasti.Thabor et Hermon in nomine tuo exsultabunt :14 tuum brachium cum potentia.Firmetur manus tua, et exaltetur dextera tua :15 justitia et judicium prparatio sedis tu :misericordia et veritas prcedent faciem tuam.16 Beatus populus qui scit jubilationem :Domine, in lumine vultus tui ambulabunt,17 et in nomine tuo exsultabunt tota die,et in justitia tua exaltabuntur.18 Quoniam gloria virtutis eorum tu es,et in beneplacito tuo exaltabitur cornu nostrum.19 Quia Domini est assumptio nostra,et sancti Isral regis nostri.20 Tunc locutus es in visione sanctis tuis,et dixisti : Posui adjutorium in potente,et exaltavi electum de plebe mea.21 Inveni David, servum meum ;oleo sancto meo unxi eum.22 Manus enim mea auxiliabitur ei,et brachium meum confortabit eum.23 Nihil proficiet inimicus in eo,et filius iniquitatis non apponet nocere ei.24 Et concidam a facie ipsius inimicos ejus,et odientes eum in fugam convertam.25 Et veritas mea et misericordia mea cum ipso,et in nomine meo exaltabitur cornu ejus.26 Et ponam in mari manum ejus,et in fluminibus dexteram ejus.27 Ipse invocabit me : Pater meus es tu,Deus meus, et susceptor salutis me.28 Et ego primogenitum ponam illum,excelsum pr regibus terr.29 In ternum servabo illi misericordiam meam,et testamentum meum fidele ipsi.30 Et ponam in sculum sculi semen ejus,et thronum ejus sicut dies cli.31 Si autem dereliquerint filii ejus legem meam,et in judiciis meis non ambulaverint ;32 si justitias meas profanaverint,et mandata mea non custodierint :33 visitabo in virga iniquitates eorum,et in verberibus peccata eorum ;34 misericordiam autem meam non dispergam ab eo,neque nocebo in veritate mea,35 neque profanabo testamentum meum :et qu procedunt de labiis meis non faciam irrita.36 Semel juravi in sancto meo, si David mentiar :37 semen ejus in ternum manebit.Et thronus ejus sicut sol in conspectu meo,38 et sicut luna perfecta in ternum,et testis in clo fidelis.39 Tu vero repulisti et despexisti ;distulisti christum tuum.40 Evertisti testamentum servi tui ;profanasti in terra sanctuarium ejus.41 Destruxisti omnes sepes ejus ;posuisti firmamentum ejus formidinem.42 Diripuerunt eum omnes transeuntes viam ;factus est opprobrium vicinis suis.43 Exaltasti dexteram deprimentium eum ;ltificasti omnes inimicos ejus.44 Avertisti adjutorium gladii ejus,et non es auxiliatus ei in bello.45 Destruxisti eum ab emundatione,et sedem ejus in terram collisisti.46 Minorasti dies temporis ejus ;perfudisti eum confusione.47 Usquequo, Domine, avertis in finem ?exardescet sicut ignis ira tua ?48 Memorare qu mea substantia :numquid enim vane constituisti omnes filios hominum ?49 Quis est homo qui vivet et non videbit mortem ?eruet animam suam de manu inferi ?50 Ubi sunt misericordi tu antiqu, Domine,sicut jurasti David in veritate tua ?51 Memor esto, Domine, opprobrii servorum tuorum,quod continui in sinu meo, multarum gentium :52 quod exprobraverunt inimici tui, Domine ;quod exprobraverunt commutationem christi tui.53 Benedictus Dominus in ternum. Fiat, fiat.]