Psalm 88Psalms88

Berean Standard BibleKing James Version

1. I Cry Out before You

2. 1BSBA song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.KJVKJV: A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
3. 2BSBMay my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.KJVKJV: Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
4. 3BSBFor my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.KJVKJV: For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
5. 4BSBI am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.KJVKJV: I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
6. 5BSBI am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care.KJVKJV: Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
7. 6BSBYou have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.KJVKJV: Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
8. 7BSBYour wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. SelahKJVKJV: Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
9. 8BSBYou have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.KJVKJV: Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
10. 9BSBMy eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.KJVKJV: Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
11. 10BSBDo You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? SelahKJVKJV: Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
12. 11BSBCan Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon?KJVKJV: Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?
13. 12BSBWill Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?KJVKJV: Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
14. 13BSBBut to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.KJVKJV: But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
15. 14BSBWhy, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?KJVKJV: LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
16. 15BSBFrom my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.KJVKJV: I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
17. 16BSBYour wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.KJVKJV: Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
18. 17BSBAll day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.KJVKJV: They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
19. 18BSBYou have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.KJVKJV: Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.