Psalms 88 · Clearspring

A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth. + 88:1 Mahalath Leannoth is probably a musical or liturgical term; see also Psalm 53:1|PSA 53:1. A Maskil + 88:1 Maskil is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142. of Heman the Ezrahite.

I Cry Out before You

¹Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.+ ²Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.+ ³For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.+ ⁴I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,+ ⁵set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.+ ⁶You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.+ ⁷Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.+ ⁸You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can’t escape.+ ⁹My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Yahweh. I have spread out my hands to you.+ ¹⁰Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and praise you? Selah.+ ¹¹Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction?+ ¹²Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?+ ¹³But to you, Yahweh, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you.+ ¹⁴Yahweh, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?+ ¹⁵I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.+ ¹⁶Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me off.+ ¹⁷They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.+ ¹⁸You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness.+

I Cry Out before You

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