Psalms 88
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.
1(88-1) A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Leader; upon Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. (88-2) O LORD, God of my salvation, what time I cry in the night before Thee,
2May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.
2(88-3) Let my prayer come before Thee, incline Thine ear unto my cry.
3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
3(88-4) For my soul is sated with troubles, and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
4I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.
4(88-5) I am counted with them that go down into the pit; I am become as a man that hath no help;
5I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care.
5(88-6) Set apart among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom Thou rememberest no more; and they are cut off from Thy hand.
6You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.
6(88-7) Thou hast laid me in the nethermost pit, in dark places, in the deeps.
7Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah
7(88-8) Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and all Thy waves Thou pressest down. Selah
8You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.
8(88-9) 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.
9My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
9(88-10) Mine eye languisheth by reason of affliction; I have called upon Thee, O LORD, every day, I have spread forth my hands unto Thee.
10Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah
10(88-11) Wilt Thou work wonders for the dead? Or shall the shades arise and give Thee thanks? Selah
11Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon ?
11(88-12) Shall Thy mercy be declared in the grave? or Thy faithfulness in destruction?
12Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
12(88-13) Shall Thy wonders be known in the dark? and Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.
13(88-14) But as for me, unto Thee, O LORD, do I cry, and in the morning doth my prayer come to meet Thee.
14Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
14(88-15) LORD, why castest Thou off my soul? Why hidest Thou Thy face from me?
15From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
15(88-16) I am afflicted and at the point of death from my youth up; I have borne Thy terrors, I am distracted.
16Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
16(88-17) Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.
17All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.
17(88-18) They came round about me like water all the day; they compassed me about together.
18You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
18(88-19) Friend and companion hast Thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
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