Psalm Chapter 88 Back NextPsalm 88 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.
{88:1} Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.
{88:2} Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.
{88:3} For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to
Sheol.
{88:4} I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,
{88:5} 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.
{88:6} You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
{88:7} Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.
{88:8} You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an
abomination to them. I am confined, and I can't escape.
{88:9} My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Yahweh. I have spread out my hands to you.
{88:10} Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? Selah.
{88:11} Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your
faithfulness in Destruction?
{88:12} Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
{88:13} But to you, Yahweh, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you.
{88:14} Yahweh, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?
{88:15} I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.
{88:16} Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me off.
{88:17} They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.
{88:18} You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into
darkness.
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