Psalms 88
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| 1 | A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Leader; upon Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. |
| 2 | O LORD, God of my salvation, What time I cry in the night before Thee, |
| 3 | Let my prayer come before Thee, Incline Thine ear unto my cry. |
| 4 | For my soul is sated with troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto the grave. |
| 5 | I am counted with them that go down into the pit; I am become as a man that hath no help; |
| 6 | Set apart among the dead, Like the slain that lie in the grave, Whom Thou rememberest no more; And they are cut off from Thy hand. . |
| 7 | Thou hast laid me in the nether-most pit, In dark places, in the deeps. |
| 8 | Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And all Thy waves Thou pressest down. Selah |
| 9 | Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them; I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. |
| 10 | Mine eye languisheth by reason of affliction; I have called upon Thee, O LORD, every day, I have spread forth my hands unto Thee. |
| 11 | Wilt Thou work wonders for the dead? Or shall the shades arise and give Thee thanks? Selah |
| 12 | Shall Thy mercy be declared in the grave? Or Thy faithfulness in destruction? |
| 13 | Shall Thy wonders be known in the dark? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? |
| 14 | But as for me, unto Thee, O LORD, do I cry, And in the morning doth my prayer come to meet Thee. |
| 15 | LORD, why castest Thou off my soul? Why hidest Thou Thy face from me? |
| 16 | I am afflicted and at the point of death from my youth up; I have borne Thy terrors, I am distracted. |
| 17 | Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off. |
| 18 | They came round about me like water all the day; They compassed me about together. |
| 19 | Friend and companion hast Thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness. |