Psalms 88:1-5

¹A 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,

²My prayer cometh in before Thee, Incline Thine ear to my loud cry,

³For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol.

⁴I have been reckoned with those going down to the pit, I have been as a man without strength.

⁵Among 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.