chapter_Psalm_88
Psalm 88:1: A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah, to the Overseer, 'Concerning the Sickness of Afflictions.' &#8212; An instruction, by Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, God of my salvation, Daily I have cried, nightly before Thee, Psalm 88:2: My prayer cometh in before Thee, Incline Thine ear to my loud cry, Psalm 88:3: For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol. Psalm 88:4: I have been reckoned with those going down to the pit, I have been as a man without strength. Psalm 88:5: Among the dead &#8212; free, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom Thou hast not remembered any more, Yea, they by Thy hand have been cut off. Psalm 88:6: Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths. Psalm 88:7: Upon me hath Thy fury lain, And with all Thy breakers Thou hast afflicted. Selah. Psalm 88:8: Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me, Thou hast made me an abomination to them, Shut up &#8212; I go not forth. Psalm 88:9: Mine eye hath grieved because of affliction, I called Thee, O Jehovah, all the day, I have spread out unto Thee my hands. Psalm 88:10: To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? Selah. Psalm 88:11: Is Thy kindness recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness in destruction? Psalm 88:12: Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? Psalm 88:13: And I, unto Thee, O Jehovah, I have cried, And in the morning doth my prayer come before Thee. Psalm 88:14: Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me. Psalm 88:15: I am afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors &#8212; I pine away. Psalm 88:16: Over me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off, Psalm 88:17: They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together, Psalm 88:18: Thou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance is the place of darkness!
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