A Petition to Be Saved from Death.
A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director; according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.
88 O Lord, the (A)God of my salvation,
I have (B)cried out by day and in the night before You.
2 Let my prayer (C)come before You;
(D)Incline Your ear to my cry!
3 For my (E)soul has had enough troubles,
And (F)my life has drawn near to Sheol.
4 I am reckoned among those who (G)go down to the pit;
I have become like a man (H)without strength,
5 Forsaken (I)among the dead,
Like the slain who lie in the grave,
Whom You remember no more,
And they are (J)cut off from Your hand.
6 You have put me in (K)the lowest pit,
In (L)dark places, in the (M)depths.
7 Your wrath (N)has rested upon me,
And You have afflicted me with (O)all Your waves. Selah.
8 You have removed (P)my acquaintances far from me;
You have made me an (Q)object of loathing to them;
I am (R)shut up and cannot go out.
9 My (S)eye has wasted away because of affliction;
I have (T)called upon You every day, O Lord;
I have (U)spread out my hands to You.
10 Will You perform wonders for the dead?
Will (V)the departed spirits rise and praise You? Selah.
11 Will Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave,
Your faithfulness in Abaddon?
12 Will Your wonders be made known in the (W)darkness?
And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13 But I, O Lord, have cried out (X)to You for help,
And (Y)in the morning my prayer comes before You.
14 O Lord, why (Z)do You reject my soul?
Why do You (AA)hide Your face from me?
15 I was afflicted and (AB)about to die from my youth on;
I suffer (AC)Your terrors; I am overcome.
16 Your (AD)burning anger has passed over me;
Your terrors have (AE)destroyed me.
17 They have (AF)surrounded me (AG)like water all day long;
They have (AH)encompassed me altogether.
18 You have removed (AI)lover and friend far from me;
My acquaintances are in darkness.
Footnotes
- Psalm 88:1
- Psalm 88:1
- Psalm 88:3
- Psalm 88:3
- Psalm 88:5
- Psalm 88:7
- Psalm 88:8
- Psalm 88:9
- Psalm 88:10
- Psalm 88:11
- Psalm 88:12
- Psalm 88:15
- Psalm 88:16
Cross references
- Psalm 88:1 : Ps 24:5; 27:9
- Psalm 88:1 : Ps 22:2; 86:3; Luke 18:7
- Psalm 88:2 : Ps 18:6
- Psalm 88:2 : Ps 31:2; 86:1
- Psalm 88:3 : Ps 107:26
- Psalm 88:3 : Ps 107:18; 116:3
- Psalm 88:4 : Ps 28:1; 143:7
- Psalm 88:4 : Job 29:12; Ps 22:11
- Psalm 88:5 : Ps 31:12
- Psalm 88:5 : Ps 31:22; Is 53:8
- Psalm 88:6 : Ps 86:13; Lam 3:55
- Psalm 88:6 : Ps 143:3
- Psalm 88:6 : Ps 69:15
- Psalm 88:7 : Ps 32:4; 39:10
- Psalm 88:7 : Ps 42:7
- Psalm 88:8 : Job 19:13, 19; Ps 31:11; 142:4
- Psalm 88:8 : Job 30:10
- Psalm 88:8 : Ps 142:7; Jer 32:2; 36:5
- Psalm 88:9 : Ps 6:7; 31:9
- Psalm 88:9 : Ps 22:2; 86:3
- Psalm 88:9 : Job 11:13; Ps 143:6
- Psalm 88:10 : Ps 6:5; 30:9
- Psalm 88:12 : Job 10:21; Ps 88:6
- Psalm 88:13 : Ps 30:2
- Psalm 88:13 : Ps 5:3; 119:147
- Psalm 88:14 : Ps 43:2; 44:9
- Psalm 88:14 : Job 13:24; Ps 13:1; 44:24
- Psalm 88:15 : Prov 24:11
- Psalm 88:15 : Job 6:4; 31:23
- Psalm 88:16 : 2 Chr 28:11; Is 13:13; Lam 1:12
- Psalm 88:16 : Lam 3:54; Ezek 37:11
- Psalm 88:17 : Ps 118:10-12
- Psalm 88:17 : Ps 124:4
- Psalm 88:17 : Ps 17:11; 22:12, 16
- Psalm 88:18 : Job 19:13; Ps 88:8; 31:11; 38:11
