88:1 [A
Song.
A
Psalm
of
the
Sons
of
Korah.
To
the
choirmaster:
according
to
Mahalath
Leannoth.
A
Maskil
of
Heman
the
Ezrahite.]
O
LORD,
God
of
my
salvation;
I
cry
out
day
and
night
before
you.
88:2 Let
my
prayer
come
before
you;
incline
your
ear
to
my
cry!
88:3 For
my
soul
is
full
of
troubles,
and
my
life
draws
near
to
Sheol.
88:4 I
am
counted
among
those
who
go
down
to
the
pit;
I
am
a
man
who
has
no
strength,
88:5 like
one
set
loose
among
the
dead,
like
the
slain
that
lie
in
the
grave,
like
those
whom
you
remember
no
more,
for
they
are
cut
off
from
your
hand.
88:6 You
have
put
me
in
the
depths
of
the
pit,
in
the
regions
dark
and
deep.
88:7 Your
wrath
lies
heavy
upon
me,
and
you
overwhelm
me
with
all
your
waves.
Selah
88:8 You
have
caused
my
companions
to
shun
me;
you
have
made
me
a
horror
to
them.
I
am
shut
in
so
that
I
cannot
escape;
88:9 my
eye
grows
dim
through
sorrow.
Every
day
I
call
upon
you,
O
LORD;
I
spread
out
my
hands
to
you.
88:10 Do
you
work
wonders
for
the
dead
Do
the
departed
rise
up
to
praise
you
Selah
88:11 Is
your
steadfast
love
declared
in
the
grave,
or
your
faithfulness
in
Abaddon
88:12 Are
your
wonders
known
in
the
darkness,
or
your
righteousness
in
the
land
of
forgetfulness
88:13 But
I,
O
LORD,
cry
to
you;
in
the
morning
my
prayer
comes
before
you.
88:14 O
LORD,
why
do
you
cast
my
soul
away
Why
do
you
hide
your
face
from
me
88:15 Afflicted
and
close
to
death
from
my
youth
up,
I
suffer
your
terrors;
I
am
helpless.
88:16 Your
wrath
has
swept
over
me;
your
dreadful
assaults
destroy
me.
88:17 They
surround
me
like
a
flood
all
day
long;
they
close
in
on
me
together.
88:18 You
have
caused
my
beloved
and
my
friend
to
shun
me;
my
companions
have
become
darkness.