Psalms 88 — BSB

I Cry Out before You

A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth.⁺A Maskil⁺of Heman the Ezrahite.

88O LORD, the God of my salvation,day and night I cry out before You.²May my prayer come before You;incline Your ear to my cry.³For my soul is full of troubles,and my life draws near to Sheol.⁴I am counted among those descending to the Pit.I am like a man without strength.⁵I 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.⁶You have laid me in the lowest Pit,in the darkest of the depths.⁷Your wrath weighs heavily upon me;all Your waves have submerged me.Selah⁸You have removed my friends from me;You have made me repulsive to them;
I am confined and cannot escape.⁹My eyes grow dim with grief.I call to You daily, O LORD;
I spread out my hands to You.¹⁰Do You work wonders for the dead?Do departed spirits rise up to praise You?Selah¹¹Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave,Your faithfulness in Abaddon⁺?¹²Will Your wonders be known in the darkness,or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?¹³But to You, O LORD, I cry for help;in the morning my prayer comes before You.¹⁴Why, O LORD, do You reject me?Why do You hide Your face from me?¹⁵From my youth I was afflicted and near death.I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.¹⁶Your wrath has swept over me;Your terrors have destroyed me.¹⁷All day long they engulf me like water;they enclose me on every side.¹⁸You have removed my beloved and my friend;darkness is my closest companion.