Psa. 88
:1
88:1
O Jehovah, the God of my
1salvation,
I have cried out
aby day and in the night before You.
Psa. 88
:2
88:2
May my prayer come before You;
Incline Your ear to my cry.
Psa. 88
:3
88:3
For my soul is full of troubles,
And my life draws near to Sheol.
Psa. 88
:4
88:4
I am accounted among those who go down into the pit;
I am like a man without any
1help,
Psa. 88
:5
88:5
Abandoned among the dead,
Like the slain that lie in the grave,
Whom You remember no more,
And they are cut off from Your hand.
Psa. 88
:6
88:6
You have put me in the lowest pit,
In the dark places, in the depths.
Psa. 88
:7
88:7
Your wrath lies heavily upon me,
And You have afflicted me with all Your waves.
Selah
Psa. 88
:8
88:8
You have put my acquaintances
afar from me;
You have made me an abomination to them.
I am shut in and cannot go out.
Psa. 88
:9
88:9
My eye wastes away at the affliction;
I have called out to You, O Jehovah, every day;
I have spread out my hands to You.
Psa. 88
:10
88:10
Will You perform wonders for the dead?
Will the
adeceased rise up
and praise You?
Selah
Psa. 88
:11
88:11
Will Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave,
Or Your faithfulness in
1Abaddon?
Psa. 88
:12
88:12
Will Your wonders be made known in the darkness,
Or Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Psa. 88
:13
88:13
But I, O Jehovah, have cried out to You;
And in the morning my prayer comes before You.
Psa. 88
:14
88:14
Why, O Jehovah, have You rejected my soul?
Why do You hide Your face from me?
Psa. 88
:15
88:15
I have been afflicted and about to die since my youth;
I bear Your terrors; I am
1overwhelmed.
Psa. 88
:16
88:16
Your fierce wrath has gone over me;
Your terrors have cut me off.
Psa. 88
:17
88:17
They surrounded me like water all day long;
They altogether encompassed me.
Psa. 88
:18
88:18
You have put far from me
Lover and friend;
My acquaintances are
in darkness.
