(KJV) Psalm 88¹

⥃I Cry Out before You

A Song [or] Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil² of Heman³ the Ezrahite.

[1] O Lord⁴ God of my salvation, I have⁵ cried day [and] night before thee: [2] Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;⁶ [3] For my soul⁷ is full of troubles: and my life⁸ draweth nigh unto the grave. [4] I am counted⁹ with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man¹⁰ [that hath] no strength: [5] Free¹¹ among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom¹² thou rememberest no more: and they are cut¹³ off from thy hand¹⁴. [6] Thou hast laid me in the lowest¹⁵ pit, in darkness¹⁶, in the deeps¹⁷. [7] Thy wrath¹⁸ lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted [me] with¹⁹ all thy waves. Selah. [8] Thou hast put²⁰ away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made²¹ me an abomination unto them: [I am] shut²² up, and I cannot come forth. [9] Mine²³ eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord, I have called²⁴ daily upon thee, I have stretched²⁵ out my hands unto thee. [10] Wilt thou²⁶ shew wonders to the dead? shall²⁷ the dead arise [and] praise thee? Selah. [11] Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? [or] thy faithfulness in destruction²⁸? [12] Shall thy wonders be known in the dark²⁹? and thy righteousness in the land³⁰ of forgetfulness? [13] But unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in³¹ the morning shall my prayer prevent thee³². [14] Lord³³, why castest thou off my soul? [why] hidest³⁴ thou thy face from me? [15] I [am] afflicted³⁵ and ready to die from [my] youth up: [while³⁶] I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. [16] Thy fierce³⁷ wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me³⁸ off. [17] They³⁹ came round about me daily⁴⁰ like water; they compassed me about together. [18] Lover⁴¹ and friend hast thou put far from me, [and] mine acquaintance⁴² into darkness.