88:1 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: 
88:1 {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: 

88:2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thy ear to my cry; 
88:2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thy ear to my cry; 

88:3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh to the grave. 
88:3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth near to the grave. 

88:4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man {that hath} no strength: 
88:4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man {that hath} no strength: 

88:5 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. 
88:5 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. 

88:6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. 
88:6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. 

88:7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted {me} with all thy waves. Selah. 
88:7 Thy wrath lieth heavy upon me, and thou hast afflicted {me} with all thy waves. Selah. 

88:8 Thou hast put away my acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination to them: {I am} shut up, and I cannot come forth. 
88:8 Thou hast put away my acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination to them: {I am} shut up, and I cannot come forth. 

88:9 My eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands to thee. 
88:9 My eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands to thee. 

88:10 Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise {and} praise thee? Selah. 
88:10 Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise {and} praise thee? Selah. 

88:11 Shall thy loving-kindness be declared in the grave? {or} thy faithfulness in destruction? 
88:11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? {or} thy faithfulness in destruction? 

88:12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? 
88:12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? 

88:13 But to thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer come before thee. 
88:13 But to thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer come before thee. 

88:14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? {why} hidest thou thy face from me? 
88:14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? {why} hidest thou thy face from me? 

88:15 I {am} afflicted and ready to die from {my} youth up: {while} I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. 
88:15 I {am} afflicted and ready to die from {my} youth up: {while} I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. 

88:16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off. 
88:16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off. 

88:17 They came around me daily like water; they encompassed me together. 
88:17 They came around me daily like water; they surrounded me together. 

88:18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, {and} my acquaintance into darkness. 
88:18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, {and} my acquaintance into darkness.