88:11 Is your loyal love proclaimed in the grave,
or your faithfulness in the place of the dead? 1
88:12 Are your amazing deeds experienced 2 in the dark region, 3
or your deliverance in the land of oblivion? 4
88:13 As for me, I cry out to you, O Lord;
in the morning my prayer confronts you.
1 tn Heb “in Abaddon,” a name for Sheol. The noun is derived from a verbal root meaning “to perish,” “to die.”
2 tn Heb “known.”
3 tn Heb “darkness,” here a title for Sheol.
4 tn Heb “forgetfulness.” The noun, which occurs only here in the OT, is derived from a verbal root meaning “to forget.”
sn The rhetorical questions in vv. 10-12 expect the answer, “Of course not!”