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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 JPS Tanakh 1917</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/jps/psalms/88.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="/">Bible</a> > <a href="../">JPS Tanakh 1917</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 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">JPS Tanakh 1917</div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Leader; upon Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.<p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext">2</span>O LORD, God of my salvation,</div><div class="po2">What time I cry in the night before Thee,</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-2.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Let my prayer come before Thee,</div><div class="po2">Incline Thine ear unto my cry.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-3.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For my soul is sated with troubles,</div><div class="po2">And my life draweth nigh unto the grave.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-4.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I am counted with them that go down into the pit;</div><div class="po2">I am become as a man that hath no help;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-5.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Set apart among the dead,</div><div class="po2">Like the slain that lie in the grave,</div><div class="po2">Whom Thou rememberest no more;</div><div class="po2">And they are cut off from Thy hand.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-6.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Thou hast laid me in the nether-most pit,</div><div class="po2">In dark places, in the deeps.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-7.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Thy wrath lieth hard upon me,</div><div class="po2">And all Thy waves Thou pressest down.<br><div align="right">Selah</div></div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-8.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me;</div><div class="po2">Thou hast made me an abomination unto them;</div><div class="po2">I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-9.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Mine eye languisheth by reason of affliction;</div><div class="po2">I have called upon Thee, O LORD, every day,</div><div class="po2">I have spread forth my hands unto Thee.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-10.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Wilt Thou work wonders for the dead?</div><div class="po2">Or shall the shades arise and give Thee thanks?<br><div align="right">Selah</div></div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-11.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Shall Thy mercy be declared in the grave?</div><div class="po2">Or Thy faithfulness in destruction?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-12.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Shall Thy wonders be known in the dark?</div><div class="po2">And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-13.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But as for me, unto Thee, O LORD, do I cry,</div><div class="po2">And in the morning doth my prayer come to meet Thee.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-14.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>LORD, why castest Thou off my soul?</div><div class="po2">Why hidest Thou Thy face from me?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-15.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I am afflicted and at the point of death from my youth up;</div><div class="po2">I have borne Thy terrors, I am distracted.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-16.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Thy fierce wrath is gone over me;</div><div class="po2">Thy terrors have cut me off.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-17.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>They came round about me like water all the day;</div><div class="po2">They compassed me about together.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-18.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Friend and companion hast Thou put far from me,</div><div class="po2">And mine acquaintance into darkness.</div></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE 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