Psalms 88
1 O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee.
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 you.
2 Let my prayer enter into thy presence. Incline thine ear to my cry.
Let my prayer come in before you; incline your ear to my supplication, O Lord.
For my soul is filled with troubles, and my life has drawn near to Hades. (Sheol h7585)
4 I am reckoned with those who go down into the pit. I am as a man who has no help,
I have been reckoned with them that go down to the pit; I became as a man without help;
5 cast off among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom thou remember no more, and they are cut off from thy hand.
free amongst the dead, as the slain ones cast out, who sleep in the tomb; whom you remember no more; and they are rejected from your hand.
6 Thou have laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the deeps.
They laid me in the lowest pit, in dark [places], and in the shadow of death.
7 Thy wrath lays hard upon me, and thou have afflicted me with all thy waves. (Selah)
Your wrath has pressed heavily upon me, and you have brought upon me all your billows. (Pause)
8 Thou have put my acquaintances far from me. Thou have made me an abomination to them. I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
You have 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 My eye wastes away because of affliction. I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah, I have spread forth my hands to thee.
Mine eyes are dimmed from poverty; but I cried to you, O Lord, all the day; I spread forth my hands to you.
10 Will thou show wonders to the dead? Shall those who are deceased arise and praise thee? (Selah)
Will you work wonders for the dead? or shall physicians raise [them] up, that they shall praise you?
11 Shall thy loving kindness be declared in the grave, or thy faithfulness in destruction?
Shall any one declare your mercy in the tomb? and your truth in destruction?
12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark, and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Shall your wonders be known in darkness? and your righteousness in a forgotten land?
13 But to thee, O Jehovah, I have cried, and in the morning my prayer shall come before thee.
But I cried to you, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent you.
14 Jehovah, why do thou cast off my soul? Why do thou hide thy face from me?
Therefore, O Lord, do you reject my prayer, [and] turn your face away from me?
15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer thy terrors I am confounded.
I am poor and in troubles from my youth; and having been exalted, I was brought low and into despair.
16 Thy fierce wrath has gone over me. Thy terrors have cut me off.
Your wrath has passed over me; and your terrors have greatly disquieted me.
17 They came round about me like water all the day long. They encompassed me around together.
They compassed me like water; all the day they beset me together.
18 Thou have put beloved and friend far from me, and my acquaintances into darkness.
You have put far from me [every] friend, and mine acquaintances because of [my] wretchedness.
