Psalms 88
1 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.
O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee.
2 Let my prayer come in before thee; incline thine ear to my supplication, O Lord.
Let my prayer enter into thy presence. Incline thine ear to my cry.
For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
4 I have been reckoned with them that go down to the pit; I became as a man without help;
I am reckoned with those who go down into the pit. I am as a man who has no help,
5 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.
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.
6 They laid me in the lowest pit, in dark [places], and in the shadow of death.
Thou have laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the deeps.
7 Thy wrath has pressed heavily upon me, and thou hast brought upon me all thy billows. (Pause)
Thy wrath lays hard upon me, and thou have afflicted me with all thy waves. (Selah)
8 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.
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.
9 Mine eyes are dimmed from poverty; but I cried to thee, O Lord, all the day; I spread forth my hands to thee.
My eye wastes away because of affliction. I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah, I have spread forth my hands to thee.
10 Wilt thou work wonders for the dead? or shall physicians raise [them] up, that they shall praise thee?
Will thou show wonders to the dead? Shall those who are deceased arise and praise thee? (Selah)
11 Shall any one declare thy mercy in the tomb? and thy truth in destruction?
Shall thy loving kindness be declared in the grave, or thy faithfulness in destruction?
12 Shall thy wonders be known in darkness? and thy righteousness in a forgotten land?
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark, and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13 But I cried to thee, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
But to thee, O Jehovah, I have cried, and in the morning my prayer shall come before thee.
14 Wherefore, O Lord, dost thou reject my prayer, [and] turn thy face away from me?
Jehovah, why do thou cast off my soul? Why do thou hide thy face from me?
15 I am poor and in troubles from my youth; and having been exalted, I was brought low and into despair.
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer thy terrors I am confounded.
16 Thy wrath has passed over me; and thy terrors have greatly disquieted me.
Thy fierce wrath has gone over me. Thy terrors have cut me off.
17 They compassed me like water; all the day they beset me together.
They came round about me like water all the day long. They encompassed me around together.
18 Thou hast put far from me [every] friend, and mine acquaintances because of [my] wretchedness.
Thou have put beloved and friend far from me, and my acquaintances into darkness.
