Psalms 88

Psalms 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:

Psalms 88:2  
Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;

Psalms 88:3  
For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

Psalms 88:4  
I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

Psalms 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.

Psalms 88:6  
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

Psalms 88:7  
Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

Psalms 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.

Psalms 88:9  
Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

Psalms 88:10  
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

Psalms 88:11  
Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

Psalms 88:12  
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Psalms 88:13  
But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

Psalms 88:14  
LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

Psalms 88:15  
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

Psalms 88:16  
Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

Psalms 88:17  
They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

Psalms 88:18  
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.


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