Psalm 88 (ASV) - [A Song, a Psalm of

Psa 88:1

A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.

O Jehovah, the God of my salvation,

I have cried day and night before thee.

Psa 88:2

Let my prayer enter into thy presence;

Incline thine ear unto my cry.

Psa 88:3

For my soul is full of troubles,

And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.

Psa 88:4

I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit;

I am as a man that hath no help,

Psa 88:5

Cast off among the dead,

Like the slain that lie in the grave,

Whom thou rememberest no more,

And they are cut off from thy hand.

Psa 88:6

Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit,

In dark places, in the deeps.

Psa 88:7

Thy wrath lieth hard upon me,

And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves.

[Selah

Psa 88:8

Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me;

Thou hast made me an abomination unto them:

I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

Psa 88:9

Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction:

I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah;

I have spread forth my hands unto thee.

Psa 88:10

Wilt thou show wonders to the dead?

Shall they that are deceased arise and praise thee?

[Selah

Psa 88:11

Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave?

Or thy faithfulness in Destruction?

Psa 88:12

Shall thy wonders be known in the dark?

And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Psa 88:13

But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried;

And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.

Psa 88:14

Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul?

Why hidest thou thy face from me?

Psa 88:15

I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up:

While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

Psa 88:16

Thy fierce wrath is gone over me;

Thy terrors have cut me off.

Psa 88:17

They came round about me like water all the day long;

They compassed me about together.

Psa 88:18

Lover and friend hast thou put far from me,

And mine acquaintance into darkness.

Psalm 88 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

A Petition to be saved from Death.