Psalms 88:1
A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah, to the Overseer, `Concerning the Sickness of Afflictions.' --An instruction, by Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, God of my salvation, Daily I have cried, nightly before Thee,
Psalms 88:2
My prayer cometh in before Thee, Incline Thine ear to my loud cry,
Psalms 88:3
For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol.
Psalms 88:4
I have been reckoned with those going down to the pit, I have been as a man without strength.
Psalms 88:5
Among the dead--free, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom Thou hast not remembered any more, Yea, they by Thy hand have been cut off.
Psalms 88:6
Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths.
Psalms 88:7
Upon me hath Thy fury lain, And with all Thy breakers Thou hast afflicted. Selah.
Psalms 88:8
Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me, Thou hast made me an abomination to them, Shut up--I go not forth.
Psalms 88:9
Mine eye hath grieved because of affliction, I called Thee, O Jehovah, all the day, I have spread out unto Thee my hands.
Psalms 88:10
To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? Selah.
Psalms 88:11
Is Thy kindness recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness in destruction?
Psalms 88:12
Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Psalms 88:13
And I, unto Thee, O Jehovah, I have cried, And in the morning doth my prayer come before Thee.
Psalms 88:14
Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me.
Psalms 88:15
I am afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors--I pine away.
Psalms 88:16
Over me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off,
Psalms 88:17
They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together,
Psalms 88:18
Thou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance is the place of darkness!