Psalms 88
1 A Song, a Psalm for the sons of Korah. To the chief Musician. Upon Mahalath Leannoth. An instruction. Of Heman the Ezrahite. Jehovah, God of my salvation, I have cried by day [and] in the night before thee.
A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah, to the Overseer, 'Concerning the Sickness of Afflictions.' — An instruction, by Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, God of my salvation, Daily I have cried, nightly before Thee,
2 Let my prayer come before thee; incline thine ear unto my cry.
My prayer cometh in before Thee, Incline Thine ear to my loud cry,
For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
4 I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no strength:
I have been reckoned with those going down [to] the pit, I have been as a man without strength.
5 Prostrate among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave; whom thou rememberest no more, and who are cut off from thy hand.
Among the dead — free, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom Thou hast not remembered any more, Yea, they by Thy hand have been cut off.
6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the deeps.
Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths.
7 Thy fury lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted [me] with all thy waves. (Selah)
Upon me hath Thy fury lain, And [with] all Thy breakers Thou hast afflicted. (Selah)
8 Thou hast put my familiar friends far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me, Thou hast made me an abomination to them, Shut up — I go not forth.
9 Mine eye consumeth by reason of affliction. Upon thee, Jehovah, have I called every day; I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
Mine eye hath grieved because of affliction, I called Thee, O Jehovah, all the day, I have spread out unto Thee my hands.
10 Wilt thou do wonders to the dead? shall the shades arise and praise thee? (Selah)
To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? (Selah)
11 Shall thy loving-kindness be declared in the grave? thy faithfulness in Destruction?
Is Thy kindness recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness in destruction?
12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13 But as for me, Jehovah, I cry unto thee, and in the morning my prayer cometh before thee.
And I, unto Thee, O Jehovah, I have cried, And in the morning doth my prayer come before Thee.
14 Why, O Jehovah, castest thou off my soul? [why] hidest thou thy face from me?
Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me.
15 I am afflicted and expiring from my youth up; I suffer thy terrors, [and] I am distracted.
I [am] afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors — I pine away.
16 Thy fierce anger hath gone over me; thy terrors have brought me to nought:
Over me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off,
17 They have surrounded me all the day like water; they have compassed me about together.
They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together,
18 Lover and associate hast thou put far from me: my familiar friends are darkness.
Thou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance [is] the place of darkness!
