Psalms 88
1 O lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you:
A song of a Psalm for the sons of Core for the end, upon Maeleth for responsive [strains], of instruction for Aeman the Israelite. O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried by day and in the night before thee.
2 Let my prayer come before you: incline your ear unto my cry;
Let my prayer come in before thee; incline thine ear to my supplication, O Lord.
For my soul is filled with troubles, and my life has drawn nigh to Hades. (Sheol h7585)
4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that has no strength:
I have been reckoned with them that go down to the pit; I became as a man without help;
5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom you remember no more: and they are cut off from your hand.
free among the dead, as the slain ones cast out, who sleep in the tomb; whom thou rememberest no more; and they are rejected from thy hand.
6 You have laid me in the low pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
They laid me in the lowest pit, in dark [places], and in the shadow of death.
7 Your wrath lies hard upon me, and you have afflicted me with all your waves. (Selah)
Thy wrath has pressed heavily upon me, and thou hast brought upon me all thy billows. (Pause)
8 You have put away mine acquaintance far from me; you have made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
Thou hast removed my acquaintance far from me; they have made me an abomination to themselves; I have been delivered up, and have not gone forth.
9 Mine eye mourns by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon you, I have stretched out my hands unto you.
Mine eyes are dimmed from poverty; but I cried to thee, O Lord, all the day; I spread forth my hands to thee.
10 Will you show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise you? (Selah)
Wilt thou work wonders for the dead? or shall physicians raise [them] up, that they shall praise thee?
11 Shall your loving kindness be declared in the grave? or your faithfulness in destruction?
Shall any one declare thy mercy in the tomb? and thy truth in destruction?
12 Shall your wonders be known in the dark? and your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Shall thy wonders be known in darkness? and thy righteousness in a forgotten land?
13 But unto you have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent you.
But I cried to thee, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
14 LORD, why cast you off my soul? why hide you your face from me?
Wherefore, O Lord, dost thou reject my prayer, [and] turn thy face away from me?
15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer your terrors I am distracted.
I am poor and in troubles from my youth; and having been exalted, I was brought low and into despair.
16 Your fierce wrath goes over me; your terrors have cut me off.
Thy wrath has passed over me; and thy terrors have greatly disquieted me.
17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
They compassed me like water; all the day they beset me together.
18 Lover and friend have you put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
Thou hast put far from me [every] friend, and mine acquaintances because of [my] wretchedness.
