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
881<A Song. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah. To the chief music-maker; put to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil. Of Heman the Ezrahite.> O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night:+2Let my prayer come before you; give ear to my cry:+3For my soul is full of evils, and my life has come near to the underworld.+4I am numbered among those who go down into the earth; I have become like a man for whom there is no help:+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.+6You have put me in the lowest deep, even in dark places.+7The weight of your wrath is crushing me, all your waves have overcome me. (Selah.)+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.+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.+10Will you do works of wonder for the dead? will the shades come back to give you praise? (Selah.)+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?+12May there be knowledge of your wonders in the dark? or of your righteousness where memory is dead?+13But to you did I send up my cry, O Lord; in the morning my prayer came before you.+14Lord, why have you sent away my soul? why is your face covered from me?+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.+16The heat of your wrath has gone over me; I am broken by your cruel punishments.+17They are round me all the day like water; they have made a circle about me.+18You have sent my friends and lovers far from me; I am gone from the memory of those who are dear to me.+
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