| Psa. 88:1 |
O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, / I have cried out by day and in the night before You. |
| Psa. 88:2 |
May my prayer come before You; / Incline Your ear to my cry. |
| Psa. 88:3 |
For my soul is full of troubles, / And my life draws near to Sheol. |
| Psa. 88:4 |
I am accounted among those who go down into the pit; / I am like a man without any help, |
| Psa. 88:5 |
Abandoned among the dead, / Like the slain that lie in the grave, / Whom You remember no more, / And they are cut off from Your hand. |
| Psa. 88:6 |
You have put me in the lowest pit, / In the dark places, in the depths. |
| Psa. 88:7 |
Your wrath lies heavily upon me, / And You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah |
| Psa. 88:8 |
You have put my acquaintances far from me; / You have made me an abomination to them. / I am shut in and cannot go out. |
| Psa. 88:9 |
My eye wastes away at the affliction; / I have called out to You, O Jehovah, every day; / I have spread out my hands to You. |
| Psa. 88:10 |
Will You perform wonders for the dead? / Will the deceased rise up [and] praise You? Selah |
| Psa. 88:11 |
Will Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave, / [Or] Your faithfulness in Abaddon? |
| Psa. 88:12 |
Will Your wonders be made known in the darkness, / Or Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? |
| Psa. 88:13 |
But I, O Jehovah, have cried out to You; / And in the morning my prayer comes before You. |
| Psa. 88:14 |
Why, O Jehovah, have You rejected my soul? / [Why] do You hide Your face from me? |
| Psa. 88:15 |
I have been afflicted and about to die since my youth; / I bear Your terrors; I am overwhelmed. |
| Psa. 88:16 |
Your fierce wrath has gone over me; / Your terrors have cut me off. |
| Psa. 88:17 |
They surrounded me like water all day long; / They altogether encompassed me. |
| Psa. 88:18 |
You have put far from me / Lover and friend; / My acquaintances are [in] darkness. |