【Psalms】Psalm 88 << Last Chapter Next Chapter >>

88:1 A song; a psalm of the Korahites. For the leader; according to Mahalath. Forsinging; a maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.I

88:2 LORD, my God, I call out by day; at night I cry aloud in your presence.

88:3 Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry.

88:4 For my soul is filled with troubles; my life draws near to Sheol.

88:5 I am reckoned with those who go down to the pit; I am weak, without strength.

88:6 My couch is among the dead, with the slain who lie in the grave. You rememberthem no more; they are cut off from your care.

88:7 You plunged me into the bottom of the pit, into the darkness of the abyss.

88:8 Your wrath lies heavy upon me; all your waves crash over me. Selah

88:9 Because of you my friends shun me; you make me loathsome to them; Caged in, Icannot escape;

88:10 my eyes grow dim from trouble. II All day I call on you, LORD; I stretch outmy hands to you.

88:11 Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the shades arise and praise you? Selah

88:12 Is your love proclaimed in the grave, your fidelity in the tomb?

88:13 Are your marvels declared in the darkness, your righteous deeds in the landof oblivion?III

88:14 But I cry out to you, LORD; in the morning my prayer comes before you.

88:15 Why do you reject me, LORD? Why hide your face from me?

88:16 I am mortally afflicted since youth; lifeless, I suffer your terrible blows.

88:17 Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have reduced me to silence.

88:18 All the day they surge round like a flood; from every side they close in onme.

88:19 Because of you companions shun me; my only friend is darkness.

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