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Psalm 88 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

A Petition to Be Saved from Death.

Psa 88:1

A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the music director; according to Mahalath Leannoth. A [fn]Maskil of Heman [fn]the Ezrahite.

LORD, the God of my salvation,

I have cried out by day and in the night before You.

Psa 88:2

Let my prayer come before You;

Incline Your ear to my cry!

Psa 88:3

For my soul has [fn]had enough troubles,

And my life has approached [fn]Sheol.

Psa 88:4

I am counted among those who go down to the pit;

I have become like a man without strength,

Psa 88:5

[fn]Abandoned among the dead,

Like the slain who lie in the grave,

Whom You no longer remember,

And they are cut off from Your hand.

Psa 88:6

You have put me in the lowest pit,

In dark places, in the depths.

Psa 88:7

Your wrath has rested upon me,

And You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah

Psa 88:8

You have removed my acquaintances far from me;

You have made me an [fn]object of loathing to them;

I am shut up and cannot go out.

Psa 88:9

My eye grows dim from misery;

I have called upon You every day, LORD;

I have spread out my [fn]hands to You.

Psa 88:10

Will You perform wonders for the dead?

Or will the departed spirits rise and praise You? Selah

Psa 88:11

Will Your graciousness be declared in the grave,

Your faithfulness in [fn]Abaddon?

Psa 88:12

Will Your wonders be made known in the darkness?

And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Psa 88:13

But I, LORD, have cried out to You for help,

And in the morning my prayer comes before You.

Psa 88:14

LORD, why do You reject my soul?

Why do You hide Your face from me?

Psa 88:15

I was miserable and about to die from my youth on;

I suffer Your terrors; I grow weary.

Psa 88:16

Your burning anger has passed over me;

Your terrors have [fn]destroyed me.

Psa 88:17

They have surrounded me like water all day long;

They have encircled me altogether.

Psa 88:18

You have removed lover and friend far from me;

My acquaintances are in a hiding place.

NASB20 Footnotes
Possibly, Contemplative; or Didactic; or Skillful Psalm
Or been satisfied with
I.e., the netherworld
Lit A freed one among the dead
Lit abomination to them
Lit palms
I.e., place of destruction
Or silenced
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