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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Psalm 88
88
A Prayer for Deliverance from Death
A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Ma´halath Le-an´noth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.
1O Lord God of my salvation,
I have cried day and night before thee:
2let my prayer come before thee:
incline thine ear unto my cry;
3for my soul is full of troubles:
and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.#88.3 the grave, Hebrew Sheol.
4I am counted with them that go down into the pit:
I am as a man that hath no strength:
5free among the dead,
like the slain that lie in the grave,
whom thou rememberest no more:
and they are cut off from thy hand.
6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit,
in darkness, in the deeps.
7Thy wrath lieth hard upon me,
and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
8Thou 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.
9Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction:
Lord, I have called daily upon thee,
I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
10Wilt thou show wonders to the dead?
Shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
11Shall thy loving-kindness be declared in the grave?
or thy faithfulness in destruction?
12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark?
and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13But 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?
15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up:
while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
16Thy fierce wrath goeth over me;
thy terrors have cut me off.
17They came round about me daily like water;
they compassed me about together.
18Lover and friend hast thou put far from me,
and mine acquaintance into darkness.
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