| 1 | (Psalm 88 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. |
| 2 | Let my prayer enter into thy presence; Incline thine ear unto my cry. |
| 3 | For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol. |
| 4 | I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help, |
| 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. |
| 6 | Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps. |
| 7 | Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 10 | Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are decreased arise and praise thee? Selah |
| 11 | Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in Destruction? |
| 12 | Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? |
| 13 | But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried; And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee. |
| 14 | Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul? Why hidest thou thy face from me? |
| 15 | I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. |
| 16 | Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off. |
| 17 | They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together. |
| 18 | Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness. |
