Chapter 88
1 A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth.1 A Maskil2 of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.
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- Mahalath Leannoth is probably a musical or liturgical term; see also Psalm 53:1.
- Maskil is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142.
2 May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.
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3 For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
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4 I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.
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5 I 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.
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6 You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.
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7 Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah
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8 You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.
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9 My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
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10 Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah
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11 Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon1?
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- Abaddon means Destruction.
12 Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
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13 But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.
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14 Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
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15 From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
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16 Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
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17 All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.
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18 You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
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