Psalm 88:1WEB
Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
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A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Suffering of Affliction.” A contemplation by Heman, the Ezrahite.
Psalm 88:1WEB
Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Psalm 88:2WEB
Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.
Psalm 88:3WEB
For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.
Psalm 88:4WEB
I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,
Psalm 88:5WEB
set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.
Psalm 88:6WEB
You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
Psalm 88:7WEB
Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.
Psalm 88:8WEB
You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can’t escape.
Psalm 88:9WEB
My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Yahweh. I have spread out my hands to you.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Psalm 88:10WEB
Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and praise you? Selah.
Psalm 88:11WEB
Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction?
Psalm 88:12WEB
Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Psalm 88:13WEB
But to you, Yahweh, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Psalm 88:14WEB
Yahweh, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Psalm 88:15WEB
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.
Psalm 88:16WEB
Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me off.
Psalm 88:17WEB
They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.
Psalm 88:18WEB
You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness.
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.