Psalms 88
1 O lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you:
A Song, a Melody. For the Sons of Korah. To the Chief Musician. On "Mahalath." For alternate Song. An Instructive Psalm. By Heman the Ezrahite. O Yahweh, God of my salvation, By day, have I made outcry, In the night, [also] before thee.
2 Let my prayer come before you: incline your ear unto my cry;
Let my prayer, come into thy presence, Bow down thine ear to my loud cry.
For my soul, is sated with misfortunes, And, my life—unto Hades, hath drawn near; (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 with them who descend into the pit, I have become as a man that is without help;
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.
Among the dead, is my couch, —Like the slain that lie in the grave, Where thou rememberest them no more, Yea, they, from thy hand, are cut off;
6 You have laid me in the low pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
Thou hast laid me, In the lowest pit, In dark places, In the deeps:
7 Your wrath lies hard upon me, and you have afflicted me with all your waves. (Selah)
Upon me, hath rested thine indignation, And, with all thy breakers, hast thou caused affliction. (Selah)
8 You have put away mine acquaintance far from me; you have made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
Thou hast far removed mine acquaintances from me, —Thou hast made me an abomination unto them, Shut up, and I cannot go forth!
9 Mine eye mourns by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon you, I have stretched out my hands unto you.
Mine eye, hath dimmed through affliction; I have called upon thee, O Yahweh, all day long, I have spread out, unto thee, my hands.
10 Will you show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise you? (Selah)
For the dead, wilt thou perform a wonder? Or shall, the shades, arising, give thee thanks? (Selah)
11 Shall your loving kindness be declared in the grave? or your faithfulness in destruction?
Shall Thy lovingkindness be recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness, in destruction?
12 Shall your wonders be known in the dark? and your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Shall any wonder of thine, be known in the dark? Or, thy righteousness, in the land of forgetfulness?
13 But unto you have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent you.
But, I, unto thee, O Yahweh, have cried for help, And, in the morning, my prayer will confront thee!
14 LORD, why cast you off my soul? why hide you your face from me?
Wherefore, O Yahweh, shouldst thou reject my soul? shouldst thou hide thy face from me?
15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer your terrors I am distracted.
Afflicted have I been, and dying, from youth, I have borne the terror of thee—I shall be distracted!
16 Your fierce wrath goes over me; your terrors have cut me off.
Over me, have passed thy bursts of burning anger, The alarms of thee have put an end to me;
17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
They have surrounded me like waters, all the day, They have come circling against me together:
18 Lover and friend have you put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
Thou hast far removed from me, lover and friend, Mine acquaintances, are in darkness.
