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Psalm 88 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Psa 88:1

Psa 88:1<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:

Psa 88:2

Psa 88:2Let my prayer come before you; give ear to my cry:

Psa 88:3

Psa 88:3For my soul is full of evils, and my life has come near to the underworld.

Psa 88:4

Psa 88:4I am numbered among those who go down into the earth; I have become like a man for whom there is no help:

Psa 88:5

Psa 88:5My 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.

Psa 88:6

Psa 88:6You have put me in the lowest deep, even in dark places.

Psa 88:7

Psa 88:7The weight of your wrath is crushing me, all your waves have overcome me. (Selah.)

Psa 88:8

Psa 88:8You 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.

Psa 88:9

Psa 88:9My 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.

Psa 88:10

Psa 88:10Will you do works of wonder for the dead? will the shades come back to give you praise? (Selah.)

Psa 88:11

Psa 88:11Will the story of your mercy be given in the house of the dead? will news of your faith come to the place of destruction?

Psa 88:12

Psa 88:12May there be knowledge of your wonders in the dark? or of your righteousness where memory is dead?

Psa 88:13

Psa 88:13But to you did I send up my cry, O Lord; in the morning my prayer came before you.

Psa 88:14

Psa 88:14Lord, why have you sent away my soul? why is your face covered from me?

Psa 88:15

Psa 88:15I 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.

Psa 88:16

Psa 88:16The heat of your wrath has gone over me; I am broken by your cruel punishments.

Psa 88:17

Psa 88:17They are round me all the day like water; they have made a circle about me.

Psa 88:18

Psa 88:18You 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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