Psalms 88:1 ASV: 


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Psalms 88:1: 
O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee.

Psalms 88:2: 
Let my prayer enter into thy presence; Incline thine ear unto my cry.

Psalms 88:3: 
For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.

Psalms 88:4: 
I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help,

Psalms 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.

Psalms 88:6: 
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps.

Psalms 88:7: 
Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah

Psalms 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.

Psalms 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.

Psalms 88:10: 
Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are decreased arise and praise thee? Selah

Psalms 88:11: 
Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in Destruction?

Psalms 88:12: 
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Psalms 88:13: 
But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried; And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.

Psalms 88:14: 
Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul? Why hidest thou thy face from me?

Psalms 88:15: 
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

Psalms 88:16: 
Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.

Psalms 88:17: 
They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together.

Psalms 88:18: 
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness. Psalm 89 Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.