Psalms 88
88
PSALM 88
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.
1Lord God, my Saviour, day and night
before thee cry'd have I.
2Before thee let my prayer come;
give ear unto my cry.
3For troubles great do fill my soul;
my life draws nigh the grave.
4I'm counted with those that go down to pit,
and no strength have.
5Ev'n free among the dead, like them
that slain in grave do lie;
Cut off from thy hand, whom no more
thou hast in memory.
6Thou hast me laid in lowest pit,
in deeps and darksome caves.
7Thy wrath lies hard on me, thou hast
me press'd with all thy waves.
8Thou hast put far from me my friends,
thou mad'st them to abhor me;
And I am so shut up, that I
find no evasion for me.
9By reason of affliction
mine eye mourns dolefully:
To thee, Lord, do I call,
and stretch my hands continually.
10Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead?
shall they rise, and thee bless?
11Shall in the grave thy love be told?
in death thy faithfulness?
12Shall thy great wonders in the dark,
or shall thy righteousness
Be known to any in the land
of deep forgetfulness?
13But, Lord, to thee I cry'd; my pray'r
at morn prevent shall thee.
14Why, Lord, dost thou cast off my soul,
and hid'st thy face from me?
15Distress'd am I, and from my youth
I ready am to die;
Thy terrors I have borne, and am
distracted fearfully.
16The dreadful fierceness of thy wrath
quite over me doth go:
Thy terrors great have cut me off,
they did pursue me so.
17For round about me ev'ry day,
like water, they did roll;
And, gathering together, they
have compassed my soul.
18My friends thou hast put far from me,
and him that did me love;
And those that mine acquaintance were
to darkness didst remove.
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Psalms 88
88
PSALM 88
A Petition to Be Saved from Death.
A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. To the Chief Musician; set to chant mournfully. A didactic or reflective poem of Heman the Ezrahite.
1O Lord, the God of my salvation,
I have cried out [for help] by day and in the night before You.
2Let my prayer come before You and enter into Your presence;
Incline Your ear to my cry!
3For my soul is full of troubles,
And my life draws near the grave (Sheol, the place of the dead).
4I am counted among those who go down to the pit (grave);
I am like a man who has no strength [a mere shadow],
5 # Lit Set free. The ancient rabbis understood this to mean that once a man is dead, he is free from all religious duties. Cast away [from the living] and abandoned among the dead,
Like the slain who lie in a [nameless] grave,
Whom You no longer remember,
And they are cut off from Your hand.
6You have laid me in the lowest pit,
In dark places, in the depths.
7Your wrath has rested heavily upon me,
And You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah.
8You have put my friends far from me;
You have made me an #Lit abomination to them.object of loathing to them.
I am shut up and I cannot go out.
9My eye grows dim with sorrow.
O Lord, I have called on You every day;
I have spread out my hands to You [in prayer].
10Will You perform wonders for the dead?
Shall the departed spirits arise and praise You? Selah.
11Will Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave
Or Your faithfulness in Abaddon (the underworld)?
12Will Your wonders be known in the darkness?
And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness [where the dead forget and are forgotten]?
13But I have cried out to You, O Lord, for help;
And in the morning my prayer will come to You.
14O Lord, why do You reject me?
Why do You hide Your face from me?
15I was afflicted and close to death from my youth on;
I suffer Your terrors; I am overcome.
16Your fierce wrath has swept over me;
Your terrors have destroyed me.
17They have surrounded me like flood waters all day long;
They have completely encompassed me.
18Lover and friend You have placed far from me;
My familiar friends are in darkness.
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