1 A Song [or] Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.
O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day [and] night before thee: KJVSD — Psalm 88:1
2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; KJVSD — Psalm 88:2
3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. KJVSD — Psalm 88:3
4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man [that hath] no strength: KJVSD — Psalm 88:4
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. KJVSD — Psalm 88:5
6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. KJVSD — Psalm 88:6
7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted [me] with all thy waves. Selah. KJVSD — Psalm 88:7
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. KJVSD — Psalm 88:8
9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee. KJVSD — Psalm 88:9
10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise [and] praise thee? Selah. KJVSD — Psalm 88:10
11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? [or] thy faithfulness in destruction? KJVSD — Psalm 88:11
12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? KJVSD — Psalm 88:12
13 But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. KJVSD — Psalm 88:13
14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? [why] hidest thou thy face from me? KJVSD — Psalm 88:14
15 I [am] afflicted and ready to die from [my] youth up: [while] I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. KJVSD — Psalm 88:15
16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off. KJVSD — Psalm 88:16
17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together. KJVSD — Psalm 88:17
18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, [and] mine acquaintance into darkness. KJVSD — Psalm 88:18