Psalms 88
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Berean Standard Bible
1Of understanding, for Ethan the Ezrahite.
1O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.
2The mercies of the Lord I will sing for ever. I will shew forth thy truth with my mouth to generation and generation.
2May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.
3For thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever in the heavens: thy truth shall be prepared in them.
3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
4I have made a covenant with my elect: I have sworn to David my servant:
4I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.
5Thy seed will I settle for ever. And I will build up thy throne unto generation and generation.
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.
6The heavens shall confess thy wonders, O Lord: and thy truth in the church of the saints.
6You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.
7For who in the clouds can be compared to the Lord: or who among the sons of God shall be like to God?
7Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah
8God, who is glorified in the assembly of the saints: great and terrible above all them that are about him.
8You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.
9O Lord God of hosts, who is like to thee? thou art mighty, O Lord, and thy truth is round about thee.
9My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
10Thou rulest the power of the sea: and appeasest the motion of the waves thereof.
10Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah
11Thou hast humbled the proud one, as one that is slain: with the arm of thy strength thou hast scattered thy enemies.
11Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon ?
12Thine are the heavens, and thine is the earth: the world and the fulness thereof thou hast founded:
12Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
13The north and the sea thou hast created. Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name:
13But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.
14Thy arm is with might. Let thy hand be strengthened, and thy right hand exalted:
14Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
15Justice and judgment are the preparation of thy throne. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face:
15From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
16Blessed is the people that knoweth jubilation. They shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance:
16Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
17And in thy name they shall rejoice all the day, and in thy justice they shall be exalted.
17All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.
18For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy good pleasure shall our horn be exalted.
18You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
19For our protection is of the Lord, and of our king the holy one of Israel.
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20Then thou spokest in a vision to thy saints, and saidst: I have laid help upon one that is mighty, and have exalted one chosen out of my people.
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21I have found David my servant: with my holy oil I have anointed him.
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22For my hand shall help him: and my arm shall strengthen him.
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23The enemy shall have no advantage over him: nor the son of iniquity have power to hurt him.
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24And I will cut down his enemies before his face; and them that hate him I will put to flight.
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25And my truth and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
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26And I will set his hand in the sea; and his right hand in the rivers.
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27He shall cry out to me: Thou art my father: my God, and the support of my salvation.
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28And I will make him my firstborn, high above the kings of the earth.
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29I will keep my mercy for him for ever: and my covenant faithful to him.
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30And I will make his seed to endure for evermore: and his throne as the days of heaven.
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31And if his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments:
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32If they profane my justices: and keep not my commandments:
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33I will visit their iniquities with a rod: and their sins with stripes.
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34But my mercy I will not take away from him: nor will I suffer my truth to fail.
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35Neither will I profane my covenant: and the words that proceed from my mouth I will not make void.
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36Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:
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37His seed shall endure for ever.
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38And his throne as the sun before me: and as the moon perfect for ever, and a faithful witness in heaven.
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39But thou hast rejected and despised: thou hast been angry with thy anointed.
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40Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his sanctuary on the earth.
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41Thou hast broken down all his hedges: thou hast made his strength fear.
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42All that pass by the way have robbed him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
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43Thou hast set up the right hand of them that oppress him: thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
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44Thou hast turned away the help of his sword; and hast not assisted him in battle.
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45Thou hast made his purification to cease: and thou hast cast his throne down to the ground.
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46Thou hast shortened the days of his time: thou hast covered him with confusion.
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47How long, O Lord, turnest thou away unto the end? shall thy anger burn like fire?
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48Remember what my substance is for hast thou made all the children of men in vain?
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49Who is the man that shall live, and not see death: that shall deliver his soul from the hand of hell?
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50Lord, where are thy ancient mercies, according to what thou didst swear to David in thy truth?
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51Be mindful, O Lord, of the reproach of thy servants (which I have held in my bosom) of many nations:
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52Wherewith thy enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the change of thy anointed.
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53Blessed be the Lord for evermore. So be it. So be it.
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