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PSALM 88

A Petition to Be Saved from Death.

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

1Lord, the God of my salvation,
I have cried out by day and in the night before You.
2Let my prayer come before You;
Incline Your ear to my cry!
3For my soul has Or been satisfied withhad enough troubles,
And my life has approached I.e., the netherworldSheol.
4I am counted among those who go down to the pit;
I have become like a man without strength,
5 Lit A freed one among the dead Abandoned among the dead,
Like the slain who lie in the grave,
Whom You no longer remember,
And they are cut off from Your hand.
6You have put me in the lowest pit,
In dark places, in the depths.
7Your wrath has rested upon me,
And You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah
8You have removed my acquaintances far from me;
You have made me an Lit abomination to themobject of loathing to them;
I am shut up and cannot go out.
9My eye grows dim from misery;
I have called upon You every day, Lord;
I have spread out my Lit palmshands to You.
10Will You perform wonders for the dead?
Or will the departed spirits rise and praise You? Selah
11Will Your graciousness be declared in the grave,
Your faithfulness in I.e., place of destructionAbaddon?
12Will Your wonders be made known in the darkness?
And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13But I, Lord, have cried out to You for help,
And in the morning my prayer comes before You.
14Lord, why do You reject my soul?
Why do You hide Your face from me?
15I was miserable and about to die from my youth on;
I suffer Your terrors; I grow weary.
16Your burning anger has passed over me;
Your terrors have Or silenceddestroyed me.
17They have surrounded me like water all day long;
They have encircled me altogether.
18You have removed lover and friend far from me;
My acquaintances are in a hiding place.