Psalms

Psalm 88

A prayer containing a grievous complaint.

0A Song or Psalm ¹for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon ^aMahalath Leannoth, ²Maschil of ^bHeman the Ezrahite.

a Ps. 53, title. b 1Ki. 4.31. 1Ch. 25.1,4; 2.6.

1O LORD ^cGod of my salvation, ^dI have cried day and night before thee:

c Ps. 27.1; 68.19,20. Lu. 1.47. Tit. 2.13,14. d Ps. 22.2; 77.2; 86.3. Lu. 18.7. Ep. 6.18.

2Let ^emy prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;

e La. 3.8. Da. 9.18,19. 1Ki. 8.52. Ps. 141.1,2.

3For ^fmy soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

f v.14-16. Ps. 77.1-9; 22.6-21; 107.18; 143.3,7.

4I ^gam counted ^hwith them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

g Job 17.1. Ps. 102.2-11,23; 109.22-24. 2Co. 1.9. h Ps. 28.1.

5ⁱFree among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou ^jrememberest no more: and they are cut off ³from thy hand.

i Is. 38.1,10-12. Ps. 31.12; 119.83. Eze. 37.11. La. 3.1-16. j v.10-12. Ps. 6.5.

6Thou ^khast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

k La. 3.1-16. Ps. 143.3; 69.1,2,15; 40.2; 18.16. Is. 38.17.

7Thy ^lwrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

l 1Pe. 2.24. Ps. 102.10. Is. 38.14. Job 6.4; 10.16; 9.17. Ps. 42.7. Is. 43.1,2; 64.12.

8Thou ^mhast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me ⁿan abomination unto them: I am ^oshut up, and I cannot come forth.

m v.18. Job 19.13-19. Ps. 31.11; 142.4. Lu. 23.49. n Job 30.10. o Job 12.14; 36.8; 19.8. La. 3.3,5,7,9. Ho. 2.6.

9Mine ^peye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, ^qI have stretched out my hands unto thee.

p Ps. 38.10; 77.1-4; 22.1,2; 42.3; 102.9. q Job 11.13. Ps. 143.6; 68.31.

10^rWilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

r Ps. 6.5; 30.9; 115.17; 118.17. Is. 38.18,19.

11Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in ^sdestruction?

s Job 26.6.

12Shall thy wonders be known in ^tthe dark? and thy righteousness in the ^uland of forgetfulness?

t Job 10.21,22. Ps. 143.3. v.6. u Ec. 9.5; 8.10. Ps. 31.12. v.5.

13But ^vunto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer ^w*prevent thee.

v Ps. 130.1,2; 77.1; 5.1-3. w Mat. 17.25.

14LORD, ^xwhy castest thou off my soul? why ^yhidest thou thy face from me?

x Ps. 10.1; 13.1-3; 43.2; 77.5-9. y Job 13.24.

15I am ^zafflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while ^aI suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

z Ps. 73.14. Job 17.1; 7.15,16. a Job 6.4; 7.11,14,20. Ps. 18.4,5. Jn. 12.27.

16Thy ^bfierce ⁴wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

b Re. 6.17. Ps. 89.38; 42.7; 69.1,2.

17They ^ccame round about me ⁵daily like water; they ^*compassed me about together.

c Ps. 116.3; 102.10; 42.7; 69.1,2,14,15; 18.4,5; 22.12,16. La. 3.3,7,9.

18^dLover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into ^edarkness.

d v.9. Job 10.21,22. Ps. 38.11. e Job 17.14.