1 O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee. ASV — Psalm 88:1
2 Let my prayer enter into thy presence; Incline thine ear unto my cry. ASV — Psalm 88:2
3 For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol. ASV — Psalm 88:3
4 I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help, ASV — Psalm 88:4
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. ASV — Psalm 88:5
6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps. ASV — Psalm 88:6
7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah ASV — Psalm 88:7
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. ASV — Psalm 88:8
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. ASV — Psalm 88:9
10 Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are decreased arise and praise thee? Selah ASV — Psalm 88:10
11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in Destruction? ASV — Psalm 88:11
12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? ASV — Psalm 88:12
13 But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried; And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee. ASV — Psalm 88:13
14 Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul? Why hidest thou thy face from me? ASV — Psalm 88:14
15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. ASV — Psalm 88:15
16 Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off. ASV — Psalm 88:16
17 They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together. ASV — Psalm 88:17
18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness. Psalm 89 Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. ASV — Psalm 88:18