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88 O lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:

² Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;

³ For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

⁴ I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

⁵ Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

⁶ Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

⁷ Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

⁸ Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

⁹ Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord , I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

¹⁰ Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

¹¹ Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

¹² Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

¹³ But unto thee have I cried, O Lord ; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

¹⁴ Lord , why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

¹⁵ I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

¹⁶ Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

¹⁷ They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

¹⁸ Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.

A song from the Korah family. To the director: About a painful sickness. A maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.

88 Lord God, you are my Savior.
I have been praying to you day and night.
² Please pay attention to my prayers.
Listen to my prayers for mercy.
³ My soul has had enough of this pain!
I am ready to die.
⁴ People already treat me like a dead man,
like someone too weak to live.
⁵ Look for me among the dead,
like a body in the grave.
I am one of those you have forgotten,
cut off from you and your care.
⁶ You put me in that hole in the ground.
Yes, you put me in that dark place.
⁷ Your anger presses down on me like a heavy weight.
It’s like one wave after another pounding against me. Selah

⁸ You made my friends leave me.
They all avoid me like someone no one wants to touch.
Like a prisoner in my house, I cannot go out.
⁹ My eyes hurt from crying.
Lord , I pray to you constantly!
I lift my arms in prayer to you.
¹⁰ Do you do miracles for the dead?
Do ghosts rise up and praise you? No! Selah

¹¹ The dead in their graves cannot talk about your faithful love.
People in the world of the dead ^{[ a ]} cannot talk about your faithfulness.
¹² The dead who lie in darkness cannot see the amazing things you do.
Those in the world of the forgotten cannot talk about your goodness.
¹³ Lord , I am asking you to help me!
Early each morning I pray to you.
¹⁴ Lord , why have you abandoned me?
Why do you refuse to listen to me?
¹⁵ I have been sick and weak since I was young.
I have suffered your anger, and I am helpless.
¹⁶ Your anger covers me like a flood.
Your attacks are killing me.
¹⁷ They surround me on every side.
I feel like a drowning man.
¹⁸ You caused my friends and loved ones to leave me.
Now darkness is my closest friend.

Footnotes

Psalm 88:11 the world of the dead Or “Abaddon,” a Hebrew name meaning “death” or “destruction.” See Rev. 9:11.

A petition to be saved from death.

A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath ^{[ a ]} Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.

88 O Jehovah, the God of my salvation,
I have cried day and night before thee.
² Let my prayer enter into thy presence;
Incline thine ear unto my cry.
³ For my soul is full of troubles,
And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.
⁴ I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit;
I am as a man that hath no help,
⁵ Cast ^{[ b ]} off among the dead,
Like the slain that lie in the grave,
Whom thou rememberest no more,
And they are cut off from thy hand.
⁶ Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit,
In dark places, in the deeps.
⁷ Thy wrath lieth hard upon me,
And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah
⁸ 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.
⁹ Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction:
I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah;
I have spread forth my hands unto thee.
¹⁰ Wilt thou show wonders to the dead?
Shall ^{[ c ]} they that are deceased arise and praise thee? Selah
¹¹ Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave?
Or thy faithfulness in ^{[ d ]} Destruction?
¹² Shall thy wonders be known in the dark?
And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
¹³ But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried;
And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.
¹⁴ Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul?
Why hidest thou thy face from me?
¹⁵ I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up:
While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
¹⁶ Thy fierce wrath is gone over me;
Thy terrors have cut me off.
¹⁷ They came round about me like water all the day long;
They compassed me about together.
¹⁸ Lover and friend hast thou put far from me,
And mine acquaintance ^{[ e ]} into darkness.

Footnotes

Psalm 88:1 Or, for singing
Psalm 88:5 Or, away
Psalm 88:10 Or, the shades . Hebrew Rephaim .
Psalm 88:11 Hebrew Abaddon . See Job 26:6 .
Psalm 88:18 Or, are darkness

A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Suffering of Affliction.” A contemplation by Heman, the Ezrahite.

88 Yahweh, the God of my salvation,
I have cried day and night before you.
² Let my prayer enter into your presence.
Turn your ear to my cry.
³ For my soul is full of troubles.
My life draws near to Sheol. ^{[ a ]}
⁴ I am counted among those who go down into the pit.
I am like a man who has no help,
⁵ set apart among the dead,
like the slain who lie in the grave,
whom you remember no more.
They are cut off from your hand.
⁶ You have laid me in the lowest pit,
in the darkest depths.
⁷ Your wrath lies heavily on me.
You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.
⁸ You have taken my friends from me.
You have made me an abomination to them.
I am confined, and I can’t escape.
⁹ My eyes are dim from grief.
I have called on you daily, Yahweh.
I have spread out my hands to you.
¹⁰ Do you show wonders to the dead?
Do the departed spirits rise up and praise you? Selah.
¹¹ Is your loving kindness declared in the grave?
Or your faithfulness in Destruction?
¹² Are your wonders made known in the dark?
Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
¹³ But to you, Yahweh, I have cried.
In the morning, my prayer comes before you.
¹⁴ Yahweh, why do you reject my soul?
Why do you hide your face from me?
¹⁵ I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up.
While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.
¹⁶ Your fierce wrath has gone over me.
Your terrors have cut me off.
¹⁷ They came around me like water all day long.
They completely engulfed me.
¹⁸ You have put lover and friend far from me,
and my friends into darkness.

Footnotes

88:3 Sheol is the place of the dead.

88 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 My prayer cometh in before Thee, Incline Thine ear to my loud cry,

³ For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol.

⁴ I have been reckoned with those going down [to] the pit, I have been as a man without strength.

⁵ 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 Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths.

⁷ Upon me hath Thy fury lain, And [with] all Thy breakers Thou hast afflicted. Selah.

⁸ 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 hath grieved because of affliction, I called Thee, O Jehovah, all the day, I have spread out unto Thee my hands.

¹⁰ To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? Selah.

¹¹ Is Thy kindness recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness in destruction?

¹² Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

¹³ And I, unto Thee, O Jehovah, I have cried, And in the morning doth my prayer come before Thee.

¹⁴ Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me.

¹⁵ I [am] afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors -- I pine away.

¹⁶ Over me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off,

¹⁷ They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together,

¹⁸ Thou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance [is] the place of darkness!

88 Of understanding, for Ethan the Ezrahite.

² The mercies of the Lord I will sing for ever. I will shew forth thy truth with my mouth to generation and generation.

³ For thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever in the heavens: thy truth shall be prepared in them.

⁴ I have made a covenant with my elect: I have sworn to David my servant:

⁵ Thy seed will I settle for ever. And I will build up thy throne unto generation and generation.

⁶ The heavens shall confess thy wonders, O Lord: and thy truth in the church of the saints.

⁷ For who in the clouds can be compared to the Lord: or who among the sons of God shall be like to God?

⁸ God, who is glorified in the assembly of the saints: great and terrible above all them that are about him.

⁹ O Lord God of hosts, who is like to thee? thou art mighty, O Lord, and thy truth is round about thee.

¹⁰ Thou rulest the power of the sea: and appeasest the motion of the waves thereof.

¹¹ Thou hast humbled the proud one, as one that is slain: with the arm of thy strength thou hast scattered thy enemies.

¹² Thine are the heavens, and thine is the earth: the world and the fulness thereof thou hast founded:

¹³ The north and the sea thou hast created. Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name:

¹⁴ Thy arm is with might. Let thy hand be strengthened, and thy right hand exalted:

¹⁵ Justice and judgment are the preparation of thy throne. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face:

¹⁶ Blessed is the people that knoweth jubilation. They shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance:

¹⁷ And in thy name they shall rejoice all the day, and in thy justice they shall be exalted.

¹⁸ For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy good pleasure shall our horn be exalted.

¹⁹ For our protection is of the Lord, and of our king the holy one of Israel.

²⁰ Then thou spokest in a vision to thy saints, and saidst: I have laid help upon one that is mighty, and have exalted one chosen out of my people.

²¹ I have found David my servant: with my holy oil I have anointed him.

²² For my hand shall help him: and my arm shall strengthen him.

²³ The enemy shall have no advantage over him: nor the son of iniquity have power to hurt him.

²⁴ And I will cut down his enemies before his face; and them that hate him I will put to flight.

²⁵ And my truth and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

²⁶ And I will set his hand in the sea; and his right hand in the rivers.

²⁷ He shall cry out to me: Thou art my father: my God, and the support of my salvation.

²⁸ And I will make him my firstborn, high above the kings of the earth.

²⁹ I will keep my mercy for him for ever: and my covenant faithful to him.

³⁰ And I will make his seed to endure for evermore: and his throne as the days of heaven.

³¹ And if his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments:

³² If they profane my justices: and keep not my commandments:

³³ I will visit their iniquities with a rod: and their sins with stripes.

³⁴ But my mercy I will not take away from him: nor will I suffer my truth to fail.

³⁵ Neither will I profane my covenant: and the words that proceed from my mouth I will not make void.

³⁶ Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:

³⁷ His seed shall endure for ever.

³⁸ And his throne as the sun before me: and as the moon perfect for ever, and a faithful witness in heaven.

³⁹ But thou hast rejected and despised: thou hast been angry with thy anointed.

⁴⁰ Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his sanctuary on the earth.

⁴¹ Thou hast broken down all his hedges: thou hast made his strength fear.

⁴² All that pass by the way have robbed him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours.

⁴³ Thou hast set up the right hand of them that oppress him: thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

⁴⁴ Thou hast turned away the help of his sword; and hast not assisted him in battle.

⁴⁵ Thou hast made his purification to cease: and thou hast cast his throne down to the ground.

⁴⁶ Thou hast shortened the days of his time: thou hast covered him with confusion.

⁴⁷ How long, O Lord, turnest thou away unto the end? shall thy anger burn like fire?

⁴⁸ Remember what my substance is for hast thou made all the children of men in vain?

⁴⁹ Who is the man that shall live, and not see death: that shall deliver his soul from the hand of hell?

⁵⁰ Lord, where are thy ancient mercies, according to what thou didst swear to David in thy truth?

⁵¹ Be mindful, O Lord, of the reproach of thy servants (which I have held in my bosom) of many nations:

⁵² Wherewith thy enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the change of thy anointed.

⁵³ Blessed be the Lord for evermore. So be it. So be it.

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A song from the Korah family. To the director: About a painful sickness. A maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.

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A petition to be saved from death.

A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath ^{[ a ]} Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.

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A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Suffering of Affliction.” A contemplation by Heman, the Ezrahite.

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A song from the Korah family. To the director: About a painful sickness. A maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.

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A petition to be saved from death.

A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath [ a ] Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.

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A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Suffering of Affliction.” A contemplation by Heman, the Ezrahite.

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A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath ^{[ a ]} Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.