Psalms 88
1 A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
5 Free 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 darkness, in the deeps.
7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
8 Thou hast put away 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 mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead 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 have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
14 LORD, 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 goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
Cross-references
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- 1Isa 12:2, Psa 22:2, Luk 18:7, Psa 86:3, Tit 3:4–7, Gen 49:18, Psa 53:1, Psa 27:9
- 2Psa 31:2, Psa 141:1–2, Lam 3:8, Psa 79:11, 1Ki 8:31
- 3Psa 107:18, Lam 3:15–19, Mrk 14:33–34, Psa 88:14–15, Psa 107:26, Isa 53:3, Psa 69:17–21, Psa 77:2
- 4Psa 28:1, 2Co 1:9, Psa 143:7, Psa 31:12, Psa 30:9, Job 17:1, Isa 38:17–18, Jon 2:6
- 5Isa 53:8, Psa 31:22, Psa 136:23, Isa 14:9–12, Psa 88:16, Gen 19:29, Job 11:10, Job 6:9
- 6Psa 69:15, Psa 86:13, Jhn 12:46, Psa 143:3, Psa 40:2, Lam 3:2, Jud 1:13, Psa 130:1
- 7Psa 42:7, Job 6:4, Rom 2:5–9, 1Pe 2:24, Psa 38:1, Job 10:16, Psa 32:4, Rev 6:16–17
- 8Psa 31:11, Job 19:13–19, Jhn 15:23–24, Isa 49:7, Jer 32:2, Zec 11:8, Job 30:10, Psa 88:18
- 9Job 11:13, Psa 86:3, Psa 38:10, Psa 143:6, Psa 42:3, Psa 68:31, Psa 6:7, Jhn 11:35
- 10Psa 6:5, Isa 26:19, Psa 30:9, Isa 38:18–19, 1Co 15:52–57, Luk 7:12–16, Psa 115:17, Ezk 37:1–14
- 11Mat 7:13, Psa 55:23, Job 26:6, Rom 9:22, Job 21:30, Psa 73:18, 2Pe 2:1, Pro 15:11
- 12Ecc 9:5, Mat 8:12, Psa 143:3, Jud 1:13, Ecc 2:16, Psa 31:12, Isa 8:22, Psa 88:5
- 13Psa 5:3, Mrk 1:35, Psa 30:2, Psa 119:147–148
- 14Job 13:24, Psa 13:1, Psa 43:2, Psa 44:24, Psa 69:17, Mat 27:46, Psa 44:9, Psa 77:7–9
- 15Job 6:4, Luk 22:44, Psa 73:14, Isa 53:10, Job 7:11–16, Zec 13:7, Isa 53:3, Job 17:11–16
- 16Rev 6:17, Psa 90:7, Psa 38:1–2, Dan 9:26, Isa 53:8, Psa 102:10, Rom 8:32, Gal 3:13
- 17Psa 22:16, Psa 116:3, Psa 69:1–2, Psa 124:4, Job 16:12–13, Job 30:14–15, Psa 42:7, Lam 3:5–7
- 18Psa 88:8, Psa 38:11, Job 19:12–15, Psa 31:11