Psalms 88
1 O lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you:
A SONG. A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH. TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] ON “SICKNESS TO AFFLICT.” AN INSTRUCTION OF HEMAN THE EZRAHITE. O YHWH, God of my salvation, Daily I have cried, nightly before You,
2 Let my prayer come before you: incline your ear unto my cry;
My prayer comes in before You, Incline Your ear to my loud cry,
For my soul has been full of evils, And my life has come to Sheol. (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 those going down [to] the pit, I have been as a man without strength.
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.
Among the dead—free, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom You have not remembered anymore, Indeed, they have been cut off by Your hand.
6 You have laid me in the low pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
You have put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths.
7 Your wrath lies hard upon me, and you have afflicted me with all your waves. (Selah)
Your fury has lain on me, And You have afflicted [with] all Your breakers. (Selah)
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.
You have put my acquaintance far from me, You have made me an abomination to them, Shut up—I do not go forth.
9 Mine eye mourns by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon you, I have stretched out my hands unto you.
My eye has grieved because of affliction, I called You, O YHWH, all the day, I have spread out my hands to You.
10 Will you show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise you? (Selah)
Do You do wonders to the dead? Does Rephaim rise? Do they thank You? (Selah)
11 Shall your loving kindness be declared in the grave? or your faithfulness in destruction?
Is Your kindness recounted in the grave? Your faithfulness in destruction?
12 Shall your wonders be known in the dark? and your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Are Your wonders known in the darkness? And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13 But unto you have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent you.
And I, to You, O YHWH, I have cried, And in the morning my prayer comes before You.
14 LORD, why cast you off my soul? why hide you your face from me?
Why, O YHWH, do You cast off my soul? You hide Your face from me.
15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer your terrors I am distracted.
I [am] afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Your terrors—I pine away.
16 Your fierce wrath goes over me; your terrors have cut me off.
Your wrath has passed over me, Your terrors have cut me off,
17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone around against me together,
18 Lover and friend have you put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
You have put lover and friend far from me, My acquaintance [is] the place of darkness!
