{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":88,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/87","next":"psalms/89","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"1 O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.","f":["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."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"1 O LORD, the God of my salvation,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"day and night I cry out before You."}],"h":"I Cry Out before You","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"May my prayer come before You;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"incline Your ear to my cry."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For my soul is full of troubles,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and my life draws near to Sheol."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I am counted among those descending to the Pit."},{"style":"indent2","t":"I am like a man without strength."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"I am forsaken among the dead,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like the slain who lie in the grave,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"whom You remember no more,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"who are cut off from Your care."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":6,"t":"You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"You have laid me in the lowest Pit,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in the darkest of the depths."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":7,"t":"Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged [me]. Selah","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Your wrath weighs heavily upon me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"all Your waves have submerged [me]."},{"style":"selah","t":"Selah"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You have removed my friends from me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You have made me repulsive to them;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I am confined and cannot escape."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My eyes grow dim with grief."},{"style":"indent2","t":"I call to You daily, O LORD;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I spread out my hands to You."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Do You work wonders for the dead?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Do departed spirits rise up to praise You?"},{"style":"selah","t":"Selah"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon?","f":["Abaddon means Destruction."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Your faithfulness in Abaddon?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Will Your wonders be known in the darkness,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"But to You, O LORD, I cry for help;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in the morning my prayer comes before You."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":14,"t":"Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Why, O LORD, do You reject me?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Why do You hide Your face from me?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"From my youth I [was] afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"From my youth I [was] afflicted and near death."},{"style":"indent2","t":"I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":16,"t":"Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Your wrath has swept over me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Your terrors have destroyed me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"All day long they engulf me like water;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they enclose me on every side."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You have removed my beloved and my friend;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"darkness is my closest companion."}],"style":"indent1"}],"superscription":"A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite."}