A prayer containing a grievous complaint.
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  88:1 ¶
[[A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.]] O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee. |
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88:1 ¶
[[A Song°
[or] Psalm°
for the sons°
of Korah,°
to the chief Musician°°
upon°
Mahalath°
Leannoth,°°
Maschil°°
of Heman°
the Ezrahite.]]°
O LORD°
God°
of my salvation,°
I have cried°°
day°
[and] night°
before°
thee: |
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88:2
Let my prayer enter into thy presence; Incline thine ear unto my cry. |
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88:2
Let my prayer°
come°°
before°
thee: incline°°
thine ear°
unto my cry;° |
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88:3
For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol. |
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88:3
For°
my soul°
is full°°
of troubles:°
and my life°
draweth nigh°°
unto the grave.° |
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88:4
I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help, |
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88:4
I am counted°°
with°
them that go down°°
into the pit:°
I am°
as a man°
[that hath] no°
strength:° |
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88:5
Cast off among the dead, Like the slain that lie in the grave, Whom thou rememberest no more, And they are cut off from thy hand. |
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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.°° |
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88:6
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps. |
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88:6
Thou hast laid°°
me in the lowest°
pit,°
in darkness,°
in the deeps.° |
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88:7
Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah. |
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88:7
Thy wrath°
lieth hard°°
upon°
me, and thou hast afflicted°°
[me] with all°
thy waves.°
Selah.° |
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88:8
Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. |
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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.°° |
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88:9
Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction: I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah; I have spread forth my hands unto thee. |
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88:9
Mine eye°
mourneth°°
by reason of°
affliction:°
LORD,°
I have called°°
daily°°
upon thee, I have stretched out°°
my hands°
unto thee.° |
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88:10
Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are deceased arise and praise thee? Selah. |
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88:10
Wilt thou shew°°
wonders°
to the dead?°°
shall the dead°
arise°°
[and] praise°°
thee? Selah.° |
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88:11
Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in Destruction? |
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88:11
Shall thy lovingkindness°
be declared°°
in the grave?°
[or] thy faithfulness°
in destruction?° |
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88:12
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? |
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88:12
Shall thy wonders°
be known°°
in the dark?°
and thy righteousness°
in the land°
of forgetfulness?° |
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88:13
But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried; And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee. |
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88:13
But unto°
thee have I°
cried,°°
O LORD;°
and in the morning°
shall my prayer°
prevent°°
thee. |
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88:14
Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul? Why hidest thou thy face from me? |
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88:14
LORD,°
why°
castest thou off°°
my soul?°
[why] hidest°°
thou thy face°
from°
me? |
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88:15
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. |
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88:15
I°
[am] afflicted°
and ready to die°°
from [my] youth°
up:°°
[while] I suffer°°
thy terrors°
I am distracted.°° |
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88:16
Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off. |
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88:16
Thy fierce wrath°
goeth°
over°°°
me; thy terrors°
have cut me off.°° |
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88:17
They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together. |
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88:17
They came round about°°
me daily°°
like water;°
they compassed°°
me about°°
together.° |
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88:18
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness. |
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88:18
Lover°°
and friend°
hast thou put far°°
from°
me, [and] mine acquaintance°°
into darkness.° |
