Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 88:2:

• Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
  “Let my prayer reach before you;
  set your ear that you hear my cry.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
• Newari:
  “Hear my prayer,
  Hear my prayer for help.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon:
  “Listen to my prayer;
  answer my calling-(out) to you (sing.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Laarim:
  “Would you (sing.) let my prayer come to you,
  hear my cry with your ear.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
• Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
  “Pokea sala yangu,
  usikilize kilio changu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
• English:
  “Listen to my prayer, while I cry out to you for help!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 88:3:

• Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
  “For I have many problems
  and my life is approaching to the grave.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
• Newari:
  “My life is full of trouble.
  And it seems like I am about to die.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon:
  “For many (are) the difficulties/troubles that come to me
  and (it) seems that I am- now -dying.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Laarim:
  “For my heart has very big trouble,
  and my life is near to death.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
• Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
  “Niko na shida sana,
  niko karibu kufa.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
• English:
  “I have experienced many troubles/difficulties, and I am about to die and go where dead people are.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 88:4:

• Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
  “I am being counted together with those who are descending to the pit;
  I am a person without strength.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
• Newari:
  “I have become like a person who is about to die.
  I have become like a person who has no strength.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon:
  “I (am) one of those now on-the-verge-of-death.
  I (am) like a person that can- not be -helped anymore.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Laarim:
  “I stayed like all other people who are near to death,
  and I stayed like a person who all his strength is finished.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
• Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
  “Nafanana kama vile mtu ambaye yuko kufa,
  kama vile mtu ambaye zimeisha nguvu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
• English:
  “Because I have no more strength, other people also consider that I will soon die.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 88:5:

• Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
  “I am put aside together with dead people,
  like the killed who have slept in the grave,
  whom You do not even remember,
  who have been removed from your care.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
• Newari:
  “They have abandoned me among the dead.
  And I live fallen down like a corpse.
  People have forgotten me completely.
  I do not even have Your help.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon:
  “I have- already -been-abandoned together-with the dead ones.
  I (am) like those (who) were-killed who lie in their graves/burial-places,
  that you (sing.) have- already -forgotten and you (sing.) can- not -help anymore.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Laarim:
  “I was left in midst of the dead,
  I stayed like the dead people, and they slept in the grave,
  who they are forgotten by you,
  who you have not helped.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
• Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
  “Nimetupwa pamoja na watu wafu,
  kama vile maiti ambao wako katika makaburi,
  watu ambao umewasahau,
  ambao wako mbali na msaada wako.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
• English:
  “I am like a corpse that has been abandoned;
  I am like dead people who lie in their graves, people who have been completely forgotten, because you do not take care of them any more.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 88:6:

• Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
  “You put me right at the very bottom of the pit,
  in deep place of great darkness.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
• Newari:
  “You have put me in the lowest pit,
  in a very dark deep place.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon:
  “(It) seems that you (sing.) throw me into a very deep and dark pit.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Laarim:
  “You threw me in the deep hole to the hole of the death,
  where it is dark much, and very deep.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
• Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
  “Umenitupa mimi katika kina kirefu sana,
  kwenye giza sana, katika shimo.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
• English:
  “It is as though you have thrown me into a deep, dark pit,
  into a place where they throw corpses.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 88:7:

• Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
  “Your wrath is heavily pressing me,
  you have threatened me a lot with all your waves.
  Selah” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
• Newari:
  “You have put your anger upon me,
  and all Your waves have come to cover me.
  Interlude” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon:
  “Your (sing.) anger against me (is) very-severe/[emphasis marker];
  it (is) as-if waves that are-striking/hitting me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Laarim:
  “Your anger swallows me,
  you gave very strong water to swallow me.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
• Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
  “Hasira yako imenigandamiza,
  umenikandamiza na mawimbi yako yote.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
• English:
  “It seems like you are very angry with me, and it is as though you have crushed me like ocean waves crash down on people.
  (Think about that!)” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 88:8:

• Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
  “You have removed me among my real friends
  and you have caused that I should be an abomination to them.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
• Newari:
  “You have put me far away from my friends,
  [You] have made me repulsive in their eyes.
  I have been imprisoned, I am unable to come out.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon:
  “You (sing.) caused- my friends -to-be-far from me.
  You (sing.) have-made me repulsive/detestable to them.
  I am-confined/trapped and can- not -escape/flee.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Laarim:
  “You gave my friends to reject me,
  and you gave them to hate me.
  I was surrounded and no way for me to run” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
• Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
  “Umenitenga kwa rafiki zangu,
  umenifanya kuchukiwa nao,
  nimefungwa, siwezi kutoroka.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
• English:
  “You have caused my friends to avoid/stay away from me;
  I have become repulsive to them.
  It is as though I am in a prison and cannot escape.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Psalm 88:9:

• Chichewa Contempary Chichewa translation, 2002/2016:
  “my eyes are dark with sorrow.
  I call You Jehovah every day;
  I raise my hand to You.” (Source: Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Back Translation)
• Newari:
  “Because of the trouble I have had,
  weeping and weeping, my eyes have become dim.
  O LORD, I have prayed to You every day.
  I have lifted my hands to you.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon:
  “Because of my sufferings, my sight is-getting-dark/dim.
  LORD, day-(by)-day I call-(out) to you (sing.) lifting-up my hands.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Laarim:
  “my eyes are tired when I am troubled.
  LORD, I am calling you always,
  and I raise my hands in prayers.” (Source: Laarim Back Translation)
• Nyakyusa-Ngonde (back-translation into Swahili):
  “Macho yangu yamefifia, kwa sababu ya kulia.
  Ee BWANA, nakuita kila siku,
  nakwinulia mikono yangu.” (Source: Nyakyusa Back Translation)
• English:
  “My eyes cannot see well because I cry very much.
  Yahweh, every day I call out to you to help me;
  I lift up my hands to you while I pray.” (Source: Translation for Translators)