Psalms 88

1 Jehovah,God of my salvation, I have cried by day [and] in the night before thee.

1O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:

2 Let my prayer come before thee; incline thine ear unto my cry.

2Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;

3 For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draweth nigh to Sheol.

3For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

4 I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no strength:

4I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

5 Prostrate among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave; whom thou rememberest no more, and who are cut off from thy hand.

5Free 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 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the deeps.

6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

7 Thy fury lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted [me] with all thy waves. Selah.

7Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

8 Thou hast put my familiar friends far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

8Thou 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 Mine eye consumeth by reason of affliction. Upon thee, Jehovah, have I called every day; I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

9Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

10 Wilt thou do wonders to the dead? shall the shades arise and praise thee? Selah.

10Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

11 Shall thy loving-kindness be declared in the grave? thy faithfulness in Destruction?

11Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

13 But as for me, Jehovah, I cry unto thee, and in the morning my prayer cometh before thee.

13But unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

14 Why, O Jehovah, castest thou off my soul? [why] hidest thou thy face from me?

14Lord, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

15 I am afflicted and expiring from my youth up; I suffer thy terrors, [and] I am distracted.

15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

16 Thy fierce anger hath gone over me; thy terrors have brought me to nought:

16Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

17 They have surrounded me all the day like water; they have compassed me about together.

17They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

18 Lover and associate hast thou put far from me: my familiar friends are darkness.

18Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.