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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Psalm 88 BSB</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/88.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap//psalms/88-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">BSB</a> > Psalm 88</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/berean/menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/87.htm" title="Psalm 87">◄</a> Psalm 88 <a href="../psalms/89.htm" title="Psalm 89">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Berean Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/bsb/heb/psalms/88.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">I Cry Out before You<p class="pshdg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-1.htm"><b></b></a></span>A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> A Maskil<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> of Heman the Ezrahite. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="#"><b>1</b></a></span> O LORD, the God of my salvation, <p class="indent2"> day and night I cry out before You. <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>May my prayer come before You; <p class="indent2"> incline Your ear to my cry. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For my soul is full of troubles, <p class="indent2"> and my life draws near to Sheol. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I am counted among those descending to the Pit. <p class="indent2"> I am like a man without strength. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I am forsaken among the dead, <p class="indent2"> like the slain who lie in the grave, <p class="indent1"> whom You remember no more, <p class="indent2"> who are cut off from Your care. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>You have laid me in the lowest Pit, <p class="indent2"> in the darkest of the depths. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; <p class="indent2"> all Your waves have submerged me. <p class="selah"> Selah <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>You have removed my friends from me; <p class="indent2"> You have made me repulsive to them; <p class="indent2"> I am confined and cannot escape. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>My eyes grow dim with grief. <p class="indent2"> I call to You daily, O LORD; <p class="indent2"> I spread out my hands to You. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Do You work wonders for the dead? <p class="indent2"> Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? <p class="selah"> Selah <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, <p class="indent2"> Your faithfulness in Abaddon<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span>? <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, <p class="indent2"> or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion? <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; <p class="indent2"> in the morning my prayer comes before You. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Why, O LORD, do You reject me? <p class="indent2"> Why do You hide Your face from me? <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>From my youth I was afflicted and near death. <p class="indent2"> I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Your wrath has swept over me; <p class="indent2"> Your terrors have destroyed me. <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>All day long they engulf me like water; <p class="indent2"> they enclose me on every side. <A name=""></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>You have removed my beloved and my friend; <p class="indent2"> darkness is my closest companion.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <i>Mahalath Leannoth</i> is probably a musical or liturgical term; see also <a href="../psalms/53.htm">Psalm 53:1</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <i>Maskil</i> is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142.<br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <i>Abaddon</i> means <i>Destruction</i>.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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