Psalms 88

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 A song; a psalm of the Korahites. For the leader; according to Mahalath. For singing; a maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.	1 O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
2 LORD, my God, I call out by day; at night I cry aloud in your presence.	2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
3 Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry.	3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
4 For my soul is filled with troubles; my life draws near to Sheol.	4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
5 I am reckoned with those who go down to the pit; I am weak, without strength.	5 Free 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 My couch is among the dead, with the slain who lie in the grave. You remember them no more; they are cut off from your care.	6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
7 You plunged me into the bottom of the pit, into the darkness of the abyss.	7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
8 Your wrath lies heavy upon me; all your waves crash over me. Selah	8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
9 Because of you my friends shun me; you make me loathsome to them; Caged in, I cannot escape;	9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
10 my eyes grow dim from trouble. All day I call on you, LORD; I stretch out my hands to you.	10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
11 Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the shades arise and praise you? Selah	11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?
12 Is your love proclaimed in the grave, your fidelity in the tomb?	12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13 Are your marvels declared in the darkness, your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?	13 But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
14 But I cry out to you, LORD; in the morning my prayer comes before you.	14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
15 Why do you reject me, LORD? Why hide your face from me?	15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
16 I am mortally afflicted since youth; lifeless, I suffer your terrible blows.	16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
17 Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have reduced me to silence.	17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
18 All the day they surge round like a flood; from every side they close in on me.	18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
19 Because of you companions shun me; my only friend is darkness.