Psalms 88
1 O lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night 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 Let 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 with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that has no strength:
I am counted among them that go downe vnto the pit, and am as a man without strength:
5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom you remember no more: and they are cut off from your hand.
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 darkness, in the deeps.
Thou hast layde me in the lowest pit, in darkenes, and in the deepe.
7 Your wrath lies hard on me, and you have afflicted me with all your waves. (Selah)
Thine indignation lyeth vpon me, and thou hast vexed me with all thy waues. (Selah)
8 You have put away my acquaintance far from me; you have made me an abomination to them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
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 eye mourns by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily on you, I have stretched 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 Will you show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise you? (Selah)
Wilt thou shewe a miracle to the dead? or shall the dead rise and prayse thee? (Selah)
11 Shall your loving kindness be declared in the grave? or your faithfulness in destruction?
Shall thy louing kindenes be declared in the graue? or thy faithfulnes in destruction?
12 Shall your wonders be known in the dark? and your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Shall thy wonderous workes be knowen in the darke? and thy righteousnes in the land of obliuion?
13 But to you have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent you.
But vnto thee haue I cryed, O Lord, and early shall my prayer come before thee.
14 LORD, why cast you off my soul? why hide you your face from me?
Lord, why doest thou reiect my soule, and hidest thy face from me?
15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer your terrors I am distracted.
I am afflicted and at the point of death: from my youth I suffer thy terrours, doubting of my life.
16 Your fierce wrath goes over me; your terrors have cut me off.
Thine indignations goe ouer me, and thy feare hath cut me off.
17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
They came round about me dayly like water, and compassed me together.
18 Lover and friend have you put far from me, and my acquaintance into darkness.
My louers and friends hast thou put away from me, and mine acquaintance hid themselues.
