88:1 O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee.
88:1 {A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director; according to} (Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.) O LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried out by day and in the night before Thee.

88:2 Let my prayer enter into thy presence; Incline thine ear unto my cry.
88:2 Let my prayer come before Thee; Incline Thine ear to my cry!

88:3 For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.
88:3 For my soul has had enough troubles, And my life has drawn near to Sheol.

88:4 I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help,
88:4 I am reckoned among those who go down to the pit; I have become like a man without strength,

88:5 Cast off 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 Forsaken among the dead, Like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom Thou dost remember no more, And they are cut off from Thy hand.

88:6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps.
88:6 Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the depths.

88:7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. (Selah)
88:7 Thy wrath has rested upon me, And Thou hast afflicted me with all Thy waves. Selah.

88:8 Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
88:8 Thou hast removed my acquaintances far from me; Thou hast made me an object of loathing to them; I am shut up and cannot go out.

88:9 Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction: I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah; I have spread forth my hands unto thee.
88:9 My eye has wasted away because of affliction; I have called upon Thee every day, O LORD; I have spread out my hands to Thee.

88:10 Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are decreased arise and praise thee? (Selah)
88:10 Wilt Thou perform wonders for the dead? Will the departed spirits rise [and] praise Thee? Selah.

88:11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in Destruction?
88:11 Will Thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave, Thy faithfulness in Abaddon?

88:12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
88:12 Will Thy wonders be made known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

88:13 But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried; And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.
88:13 But I, O LORD, have cried out to Thee for help, And in the morning my prayer comes before Thee.

88:14 Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul? Why hidest thou thy face from me?
88:14 O LORD, why dost Thou reject my soul? [Why] dost Thou hide 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 was afflicted and about to die from my youth on; I suffer Thy terrors; I am overcome.

88:16 Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.
88:16 Thy burning anger has passed over me; Thy terrors have destroyed me.

88:17 They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together.
88:17 They have surrounded me like water all day long; They have encompassed me altogether.

88:18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness.
88:18 Thou hast removed lover and friend far from me; My acquaintances are [in] darkness.