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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><span class="thin"> </span> 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><span class="thin"> </span> 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><span class="thin"> </span> means <i>Destruction</i><span class="thin"> </span>.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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