Psa 88 | LSB | STEP | A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried out by day and throughout the night before You.

Psalms 88

Psalm 88

Incline Your Ear to My Cry

A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A ^{▼▼Possibly Contemplative, Didactic, Skillful Psalm}Maskil of Heman ^{▼▼1 Kin 4:31; 1 Chr 2:6; Ps 89: title}the Ezrahite.

1 O Yahweh, the God of my salvation,
I have cried out by day and throughout the night before You.
2 Let my prayer come before You;
Incline Your ear to my cry of lamentation!
3 For my soul has been saturated with calamities,
And my life has reached Sheol.
4 I am counted among those who go down to the pit;
I am like a man without strength,
5 Released among the dead,
Like the slain who lie in the grave,
Whom You remember no more,
And they are cut off from Your hand.
6 You have put me in the pit far below,
In dark places, in the depths.
7 Your wrath lies upon me,
And You afflict me with all Your breaking waves. ^{▼▼Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude}Selah.
8 You have removed my acquaintances far from me;
You have set me as ^{▼▼Lit abominations}an abomination to them;
I am shut up and cannot go out.
9 My eye has wasted away because of affliction;
I have called upon You every day, O Yahweh;
I have spread out my ^{▼▼Lit palms}hands to You.
10 Will You do wonders for the dead?
Will the ^{▼▼Or ghosts, shades}departed spirits rise and praise You? Selah.
11 Will Your lovingkindness be recounted in the grave,
Your faithfulness in ^{▼▼Lit the realm of destruction}Abaddon?
12 Will Your wonders be known in the darkness?
And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13 But as for me, O Yahweh, I have cried out to You for help,
And in the morning my prayer comes before You.
14 O Yahweh, why do You reject my soul?
Why do You hide Your face from me?
15 I have been afflicted and about to breathe my last from my youth on;
I bear Your terrors; I am ^{▼▼Or embarrassed}overcome.
16 Your burning anger has passed over me;
Your horrors have ^{▼▼Or silenced}destroyed me.
17 They have surrounded me like water all day long;
They have encompassed me altogether.
18 You have removed lover and friend far from me;
My acquaintances are in darkness.

Psalms 88

Psalm 88

Incline Your Ear to My Cry

A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A ▼▼Possibly Contemplative, Didactic, Skillful PsalmMaskil of Heman ▼▼1 Kin 4:31; 1 Chr 2:6; Ps 89: titlethe Ezrahite.

A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A ^{▼▼Possibly Contemplative, Didactic, Skillful Psalm}Maskil of Heman ^{▼▼1 Kin 4:31; 1 Chr 2:6; Ps 89: title}the Ezrahite.