A song of a Psalm for the sons of Core for
the end, upon Maeleth for responsive [strains], of instruction for Aeman the
Israelite. 88:1 O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried by day and in the
night before thee.
88:2 Let my prayer come in before thee; incline thine ear to my
supplication, O Lord.
88:3 For my soul is filled with troubles, and my life has drawn nigh to
Hades.
88:4 I have been reckoned with them that go down to the pit; I became as a
man without help;
88:5 free among the dead, as the slain ones cast out, who sleep in the tomb;
whom thou rememberest no more; and they are rejected from thy hand.
88:6 They laid me in the lowest pit, in dark [places], and in the shadow of
death.
88:7 Thy wrath has pressed heavily upon me, and thou hast brought upon me
all thy billows. Pause.
88:8 Thou hast removed my acquaintance far from me; they have made me an
abomination to themselves; I have been delivered up, and have not gone
forth.
88:9 Mine eyes are dimmed from poverty; but I cried to thee, O Lord, all the
day; I spread forth my hands to thee.
88:10 Wilt thou work wonders for the dead? or shall physicians raise [them]
up, that they shall praise thee?
88:11 Shall any one declare thy mercy in the tomb? and thy truth in
destruction?
88:12 Shall thy wonders be known in darkness? and thy righteousness in a
forgotten land?
88:13 But I cried to thee, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer
prevent thee.
88:14 Wherefore, O Lord, dost thou reject my prayer, [and] turn thy face
away from me?
88:15 I am poor and in troubles from my youth; and having been exalted, I
was brought low and into despair.
88:16 Thy wrath has passed over me; and thy terrors have greatly disquieted
me.
88:17 They compassed me like water; all the day they beset me together.
88:18 Thou hast put far from me [every] friend, and mine acquaintances
because of [my] wretchedness. |
A Song [or] Psalm for the sons of Korah, to
the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.
88:1 O lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before
thee:
88:2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
88:3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the
grave.
88:4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that
hath no strength:
88:5 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.
88:6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
88:7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy
waves. Selah.
88:8 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.
88:9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily
upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
88:10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise
thee? Selah.
88:11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness
in destruction?
88:12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the
land of forgetfulness?
88:13 But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer
prevent thee.
88:14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
88:15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy
terrors I am distracted.
88:16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
88:17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about
together.
88:18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into
darkness. |