Psalms 87
Psalms 88
A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.
Psalms 88:1. O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
Psalms 88:2. Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
Psalms 88:3. For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
Psalms 88:4. I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
Psalms 88:5. 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.
Psalms 88:6. Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, 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 away 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 mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
Psalms 88:10. Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead 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 have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
Psalms 88:14. LORD, 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 goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
Psalms 88:17. They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
Psalms 88:18. Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
Psalms 89