Psalms 88
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
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,
1Of understanding, for Ethan the Ezrahite.
2(88-3) Let my prayer come before Thee, incline Thine ear unto my cry.
2The mercies of the Lord I will sing for ever. I will shew forth thy truth with my mouth to generation and generation.
3(88-4) For my soul is sated with troubles, and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
3For thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever in the heavens: thy truth shall be prepared in them.
4(88-5) I am counted with them that go down into the pit; I am become as a man that hath no help;
4I have made a covenant with my elect: I have sworn to David my servant:
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.
5Thy seed will I settle for ever. And I will build up thy throne unto generation and generation.
6(88-7) Thou hast laid me in the nethermost pit, in dark places, in the deeps.
6The heavens shall confess thy wonders, O Lord: and thy truth in the church of the saints.
7(88-8) Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and all Thy waves Thou pressest down. Selah
7For who in the clouds can be compared to the Lord: or who among the sons of God shall be like to God?
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.
8God, who is glorified in the assembly of the saints: great and terrible above all them that are about him.
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.
9O Lord God of hosts, who is like to thee? thou art mighty, O Lord, and thy truth is round about thee.
10(88-11) Wilt Thou work wonders for the dead? Or shall the shades arise and give Thee thanks? Selah
10Thou rulest the power of the sea: and appeasest the motion of the waves thereof.
11(88-12) Shall Thy mercy be declared in the grave? or Thy faithfulness in destruction?
11Thou hast humbled the proud one, as one that is slain: with the arm of thy strength thou hast scattered thy enemies.
12(88-13) Shall Thy wonders be known in the dark? and Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
12Thine are the heavens, and thine is the earth: the world and the fulness thereof thou hast founded:
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.
13The north and the sea thou hast created. Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name:
14(88-15) LORD, why castest Thou off my soul? Why hidest Thou Thy face from me?
14Thy arm is with might. Let thy hand be strengthened, and thy right hand exalted:
15(88-16) I am afflicted and at the point of death from my youth up; I have borne Thy terrors, I am distracted.
15Justice and judgment are the preparation of thy throne. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face:
16(88-17) Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.
16Blessed is the people that knoweth jubilation. They shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance:
17(88-18) They came round about me like water all the day; they compassed me about together.
17And in thy name they shall rejoice all the day, and in thy justice they shall be exalted.
18(88-19) Friend and companion hast Thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
18For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy good pleasure shall our horn be exalted.
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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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