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Psalm 88  Legacy Standard Bible

Incline Your Ear to My Cry

A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A [a]Maskil of Heman [b]the Ezrahite.

88 O Yahweh, the (A)God of my salvation,
I have (B)cried out by day and throughout the night before You.
2 Let my prayer (C)come before You;
(D)Incline Your ear to my cry of lamentation!
3 For my (E)soul has been saturated with calamities,
And (F)my life has reached Sheol.
4 I am counted among those who (G)go down to the pit;
I am like a man (H)without strength,
5 Released (I)among the dead,
Like the slain who lie in the grave,
Whom You remember no more,
And they are (J)cut off from Your hand.
6 You have put me in (K)the pit far below,
In (L)dark places, in the (M)depths.
7 Your wrath (N)lies upon me,
And You afflict me with (O)all Your breaking waves. [c]Selah.
8 You have removed (P)my acquaintances far from me;
You have set me as [d]an (Q)abomination to them;
I am (R)shut up and cannot go out.
9 My (S)eye has wasted away because of affliction;
I have (T)called upon You every day, O Yahweh;
I have (U)spread out my [e]hands to You.

10 Will You do wonders for the dead?
Will (V)the [f]departed spirits rise and praise You? Selah.
11 Will Your lovingkindness be recounted in the grave,
Your faithfulness in [g]Abaddon?
12 Will Your wonders be known in the (W)darkness?
And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

13 But as for me, O Yahweh, I have cried out (X)to You for help,
And (Y)in the morning my prayer comes before You.
14 O Yahweh, why (Z)do You reject my soul?
Why do You (AA)hide Your face from me?
15 I have been afflicted and (AB)about to breathe my last from my youth on;
I bear (AC)Your terrors; I am [h]overcome.
16 Your (AD)burning anger has passed over me;
Your horrors have [i](AE)destroyed me.
17 They have (AF)surrounded me (AG)like water all day long;
They have (AH)encompassed me altogether.
18 You have removed (AI)lover and friend far from me;
My acquaintances are in darkness.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 88 Title Possibly Contemplative, Didactic, Skillful Psalm
  2. Psalm 88 Title 1 Kin 4:31; 1 Chr 2:6; Ps 89: title
  3. Psalm 88:7 Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
  4. Psalm 88:8 Lit abominations
  5. Psalm 88:9 Lit palms
  6. Psalm 88:10 Or ghosts, shades
  7. Psalm 88:11 Lit the realm of destruction
  8. Psalm 88:15 Or embarrassed
  9. Psalm 88:16 Or silenced

Cross references

  1. Psalm 88:1 : Ps 24:5; 27:9
  2. Psalm 88:1 : Ps 22:2; 86:3; Luke 18:7
  3. Psalm 88:2 : Ps 18:6
  4. Psalm 88:2 : Ps 31:2; 86:1
  5. Psalm 88:3 : Ps 107:26
  6. Psalm 88:3 : Ps 107:18; 116:3
  7. Psalm 88:4 : Ps 28:1; 143:7
  8. Psalm 88:4 : Job 29:12; Ps 22:11
  9. Psalm 88:5 : Ps 31:12
  10. Psalm 88:5 : Ps 31:22; Is 53:8
  11. Psalm 88:6 : Ps 86:13; Lam 3:55
  12. Psalm 88:6 : Ps 143:3
  13. Psalm 88:6 : Ps 69:15
  14. Psalm 88:7 : Ps 32:4; 39:10
  15. Psalm 88:7 : Ps 42:7
  16. Psalm 88:8 : Job 19:13, 19; Ps 31:11; 142:4
  17. Psalm 88:8 : Job 30:10
  18. Psalm 88:8 : Ps 142:7; Jer 32:2; 36:5
  19. Psalm 88:9 : Ps 6:7; 31:9
  20. Psalm 88:9 : Ps 22:2; 86:3
  21. Psalm 88:9 : Job 11:13; Ps 143:6
  22. Psalm 88:10 : Ps 6:5; 30:9
  23. Psalm 88:12 : Job 10:21; Ps 88:6
  24. Psalm 88:13 : Ps 30:2
  25. Psalm 88:13 : Ps 5:3; 119:147
  26. Psalm 88:14 : Ps 43:2; 44:9
  27. Psalm 88:14 : Job 13:24; Ps 13:1; 44:24
  28. Psalm 88:15 : Prov 24:11
  29. Psalm 88:15 : Job 6:4; 31:23
  30. Psalm 88:16 : 2 Chr 28:11; Is 13:13; Lam 1:12
  31. Psalm 88:16 : Lam 3:54; Ezek 37:11
  32. Psalm 88:17 : Ps 118:10-12
  33. Psalm 88:17 : Ps 124:4
  34. Psalm 88:17 : Ps 17:11; 22:12, 16
  35. Psalm 88:18 : Job 19:13; Ps 88:8; 31:11; 38:11
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