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A psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director: according to <span class="italic">Mahalath Leannoth.</span> A <span class="italic">Maskil</span> of Heman the Ezrahite.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.88.title"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a></h3><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.88.1" /><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-1.htm"><b></b></a></span>L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, God of my salvation,</p><p class="poem">I cry out before you day and night.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.88.1.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.88.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>May my prayer reach your presence;</p><p class="poem">listen to my cry.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.88.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.88.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For I have had enough troubles,</p><p class="poem">and my life is near Sheol.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.88.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.88.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I am counted among those going down to the Pit.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.88.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">I am like a man without strength,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.88.4.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.88.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>abandoned<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.88.5.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> among the dead.</p><p class="poem">I am like the slain lying in the grave,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.88.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">whom you no longer remember,</p><p class="poem">and who are cut off from your care.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.88.5.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.88.5.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.88.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>You have put me in the lowest part of the Pit,</p><p class="poem">in the darkest places, in the depths.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.88.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.88.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Your wrath weighs heavily on me;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.88.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.88.7.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poemright"><span class="italic">Selah</span></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.88.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>You have distanced my friends from me;</p><p class="poem">you have made me repulsive to them.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.88.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">I am shut in and cannot go out.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.88.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>My eyes are worn out from crying.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.88.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, I cry out to you all day long;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.88.9.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">I spread out my hands to you.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.88.9.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.88.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Do you work wonders for the dead?</p><p class="poem">Do departed spirits rise up to praise you?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.88.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poemright"><span class="italic">Selah</span></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.88.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Will your faithful love be declared in the grave,</p><p class="poem">your faithfulness in Abaddon?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.88.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.88.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Will your wonders be known in the darkness</p><p class="poem">or your righteousness in the land of oblivion?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.88.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.88.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But I call to you for help, L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>;</p><p class="poem">in the morning my prayer meets you.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.88.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.88.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, why do you reject me?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.88.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">Why do you hide your face from me?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.88.14.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.88.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>From my youth,</p><p class="poem">I have been suffering and near death.</p><p class="poem">I suffer your horrors; I am desperate.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.88.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.88.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Your wrath sweeps over me;</p><p class="poem">your terrors destroy me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.88.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.88.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>They surround me like water all day long;</p><p class="poem">they close in on me from every side.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.88.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.88.18" /> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/88-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>You have distanced loved one and neighbor from me;</p><p class="poem">darkness is my only friend.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.88.18.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.88.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Psalms.88" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Psalms.88.5.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.88.5">88:5</a></span> Or <span class="italic">set free</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.88.5.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.88.5">88:5</a></span> Or <span class="italic">hand</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.88.18.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.88.18">88:18</a></span> Or <span class="italic">from me, my friends. Oh darkness!</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Psalms.88" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Psalms.88.title"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#csb-Psalms.88">88:title</a></span> 1Kg 4:31; 1Ch 2:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.88.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.88.1">88:1</a></span> Ps 22:2; 86:3; Lk 18:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.88.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.88.2">88:2</a></span> Ps 18:6; 31:2; 86:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.88.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.88.3">88:3</a></span> Ps 16:10; 116:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.88.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.88.4">88:4</a></span> Ps 28:1; 143:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.88.4.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.88.4">88:4</a></span> Ps 61:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.88.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.88.5">88:5</a></span> Ps 31:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.88.5.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.88.5">88:5</a></span> Ps 31:22; Is 53:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.88.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.88.6">88:6</a></span> Ps 69:15; 86:13; Ezk 26:20</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.88.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.88.7">88:7</a></span> Ps 32:4; 39:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.88.7.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.88.7">88:7</a></span> Ps 42:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.88.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.88.8">88:8</a></span> Jb 19:13–22; Ps 31:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.88.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.88.9">88:9</a></span> Ps 6:7; 31:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.88.9.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.88.9">88:9</a></span> Ps 86:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.88.9.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.88.9">88:9</a></span> Ps 143:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.88.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.88.10">88:10</a></span> Ps 6:5; 30:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.88.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.88.11">88:11</a></span> Jb 26:6; Pr 15:11; 27:20</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.88.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.88.12">88:12</a></span> Ec 9:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.88.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.88.13">88:13</a></span> Ps 5:3; 119:147</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.88.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.88.14">88:14</a></span> Ps 43:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.88.14.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.88.14">88:14</a></span> Jb 13:24; Ps 10:1; 13:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.88.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.88.15">88:15</a></span> Jb 31:23</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.88.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.88.16">88:16</a></span> Jb 6:4; 9:34</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.88.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.88.17">88:17</a></span> Ps 22:12,16; 118:10–12</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.88.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.88.18">88:18</a></span> Jb 19:13; Ps 31:11; 38:11</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Psalms.88" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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