Psalms 88

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

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

1 O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night:

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

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

2Let my prayer come before you; give ear to my cry:

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

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

3For my soul is full of evils, and my life has come near to the underworld.

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

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

4I am numbered among those who go down into the earth; I have become like a man for whom there is no help:

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.

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.

5My soul is among the dead, like those in the underworld, to whom you give no more thought; for they are cut off from your care.

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

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

6You have put me in the lowest deep, even in dark places.

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

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

7The weight of your wrath is crushing me, all your waves have overcome me. (Selah.)

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.

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.

8You have sent my friends far away from me; you have made me a disgusting thing in their eyes: I am shut up, and not able to come out.

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

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

9My eyes are wasting away because of my trouble: Lord, my cry has gone up to you every day, my hands are stretched out to you.

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

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

10Will you do works of wonder for the dead? will the shades come back to give you praise? (Selah.)

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

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

11Will the story of your mercy be given in the house of the dead? will news of your faith come to the place of destruction?

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

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

12May there be knowledge of your wonders in the dark? or of your righteousness where memory is dead?

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

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

13But to you did I send up my cry, O Lord; in the morning my prayer came before you.

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

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

14Lord, why have you sent away my soul? why is your face covered from me?

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

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

15I have been troubled and in fear of death from the time when I was young; your wrath is hard on me, and I have no strength.

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

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

16The heat of your wrath has gone over me; I am broken by your cruel punishments.

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

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

17They are round me all the day like water; they have made a circle about me.

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

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

18You have sent my friends and lovers far from me; I am gone from the memory of those who are dear to me.