Psalms 88:1-13

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,

²(88-3) Let my prayer come before Thee, incline Thine ear unto my cry.

³(88-4) For my soul is sated with troubles, and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

⁴(88-5) I am counted with them that go down into the pit; I am become as a man that hath no help;

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.

⁶(88-7) Thou hast laid me in the nethermost pit, in dark places, in the deeps.

⁷(88-8) Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and all Thy waves Thou pressest down. Selah

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.

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.

¹⁰(88-11) Wilt Thou work wonders for the dead? Or shall the shades arise and give Thee thanks? Selah

¹¹(88-12) Shall Thy mercy be declared in the grave? or Thy faithfulness in destruction?

¹²(88-13) Shall Thy wonders be known in the dark? and Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

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.