1 {A Song, a Psalm for the sons of Korah. To the chief Musician. Upon Mahalath Leannoth. An instruction. Of Heman the Ezrahite.} Jehovah, God of my salvation, I have cried by day [and] in the night before thee. DBY — Psalm 88:1
2 Let my prayer come before thee; incline thine ear unto my cry. DBY — Psalm 88:2
3 For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draweth nigh to Sheol. DBY — Psalm 88:3
4 I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no strength: DBY — Psalm 88:4
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. DBY — Psalm 88:5
6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the deeps. DBY — Psalm 88:6
7 Thy fury lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted [me] with all thy waves. Selah. DBY — Psalm 88:7
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. DBY — Psalm 88:8
9 Mine eye consumeth by reason of affliction. Upon thee, Jehovah, have I called every day; I have stretched out my hands unto thee. DBY — Psalm 88:9
10 Wilt thou do wonders to the dead? shall the shades arise and praise thee? Selah. DBY — Psalm 88:10
11 Shall thy loving-kindness be declared in the grave? thy faithfulness in Destruction? DBY — Psalm 88:11
12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? DBY — Psalm 88:12
13 But as for me, Jehovah, I cry unto thee, and in the morning my prayer cometh before thee. DBY — Psalm 88:13
14 Why, O Jehovah, castest thou off my soul? [why] hidest thou thy face from me? DBY — Psalm 88:14
15 I am afflicted and expiring from my youth up; I suffer thy terrors, [and] I am distracted. DBY — Psalm 88:15
16 Thy fierce anger hath gone over me; thy terrors have brought me to nought: DBY — Psalm 88:16
17 They have surrounded me all the day like water; they have compassed me about together. DBY — Psalm 88:17
18 Lover and associate hast thou put far from me: my familiar friends are darkness. DBY — Psalm 88:18
19 DBY — Psalm 88:19