| Psalms 88:1 | (88:1) A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Leader; upon Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. (88:2) O LORD, God of my salvation, what time I cry in the night before Thee,
|
| Psalms 88:2 | (88:3) Let my prayer come before Thee, incline Thine ear unto my cry.
|
| Psalms 88:3 | (88:4) For my soul is sated with troubles, and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
|
| Psalms 88:4 | (88:5) I am counted with them that go down into the pit; I am become as a man that hath no help;
|
| Psalms 88:5 | (88:6) Set apart among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom Thou rememberest no more; and they are cut off from Thy hand.
|
| Psalms 88:6 | (88:7) Thou hast laid me in the nether-most pit, in dark places, in the deeps.
|
| Psalms 88:7 | (88:8) Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and all Thy waves Thou pressest down. Selah
|
| Psalms 88:8 | (88:9) Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them; I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
|
| Psalms 88:9 | (88:10) Mine eye languisheth by reason of affliction; I have called upon Thee, O LORD, every day, I have spread forth my hands unto Thee.
|
| Psalms 88:10 | (88:11) Wilt Thou work wonders for the dead? Or shall the shades arise and give Thee thanks? Selah
|
| Psalms 88:11 | (88:12) Shall Thy mercy be declared in the grave? or Thy faithfulness in destruction?
|
| Psalms 88:12 | (88:13) Shall Thy wonders be known in the dark? and Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
|
| Psalms 88:13 | (88:14) But as for me, unto Thee, O LORD, do I cry, and in the morning doth my prayer come to meet Thee.
|
| Psalms 88:14 | (88:15) LORD, why castest Thou off my soul? Why hidest Thou Thy face from me?
|
| Psalms 88:15 | (88:16) I am afflicted and at the point of death from my youth up; I have borne Thy terrors, I am distracted.
|
| Psalms 88:16 | (88:17) Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.
|
| Psalms 88:17 | (88:18) They came round about me like water all the day; they compassed me about together.
|
| Psalms 88:18 | (88:19) Friend and companion hast Thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
|
