Psalms 88
1 A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.
A song or Psalme of Heman the Ezrahite to give instruction, committed to the sonnes of Korah for him that excelleth upon Malath Leannoth. O Lord God of my saluation, I cry day and night before thee.
2 May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.
Let my prayer enter into thy presence: incline thine eare vnto my cry.
For my soule is filled with euils, and my life draweth neere to the graue. (Sheol h7585)
4 I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.
I am counted among them that go downe vnto the pit, and am as a man without strength:
5 I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care.
Free among the dead, like the slaine lying in the graue, whome thou remembrest no more, and they are cut off from thine hand.
6 You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.
Thou hast layde me in the lowest pit, in darkenes, and in the deepe.
7 Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me.
Thine indignation lyeth vpon me, and thou hast vexed me with all thy waues. (Selah)
8 You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.
Thou hast put away mine acquaintance farre from me, and made mee to be abhorred of them: I am shut vp, and cannot get foorth.
9 My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
Mine eye is sorowfull through mine affliction: Lord, I call dayly vpon thee: I stretch out mine hands vnto thee.
10 Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You?
Wilt thou shewe a miracle to the dead? or shall the dead rise and prayse thee? (Selah)
11 Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon?
Shall thy louing kindenes be declared in the graue? or thy faithfulnes in destruction?
12 Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
Shall thy wonderous workes be knowen in the darke? and thy righteousnes in the land of obliuion?
13 But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.
But vnto thee haue I cryed, O Lord, and early shall my prayer come before thee.
14 Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
Lord, why doest thou reiect my soule, and hidest thy face from me?
15 From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
I am afflicted and at the point of death: from my youth I suffer thy terrours, doubting of my life.
16 Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
Thine indignations goe ouer me, and thy feare hath cut me off.
17 All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.
They came round about me dayly like water, and compassed me together.
18 You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
My louers and friends hast thou put away from me, and mine acquaintance hid themselues.
