Psalms 88
1 O lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you:
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 you: incline your 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 counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that has no strength:
I have been reckoned with those going down [to] the pit, I have been 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.
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 You have laid me in the low pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths.
7 Your wrath lies hard upon me, and you have afflicted me with all your waves. (Selah)
Upon me hath Thy fury lain, And [with] all Thy breakers Thou hast afflicted. (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 put mine acquaintance far from me, Thou hast made me an abomination to them, Shut up — I go not 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 grieved because of affliction, I called Thee, O Jehovah, all the day, I have spread out unto Thee my hands.
10 Will you show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise you? (Selah)
To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? (Selah)
11 Shall your loving kindness be declared in the grave? or your faithfulness in destruction?
Is Thy kindness 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?
Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And 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.
And I, unto Thee, O Jehovah, I have cried, And in the morning doth my prayer come before Thee.
14 LORD, why cast you off my soul? why hide you your face from me?
Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou 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 expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors — I pine away.
16 Your fierce wrath goes over me; your terrors have cut me off.
Over me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off,
17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together,
18 Lover and friend have you put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
Thou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance [is] the place of darkness!
