Psalms 88 : 1 (LXXEN)
*Gr. understanding - O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried by day and in the night before thee.
Psalms 88 : 2 (LXXEN)
Let my prayer come in before thee; incline thine ear to my supplication, O Lord.
Psalms 88 : 3 (LXXEN)
For my soul is filled with troubles, and my life has drawn nigh to Hades.
Psalms 88 : 4 (LXXEN)
I have been reckoned with them that go down to the pit; I became as a man without help;
Psalms 88 : 5 (LXXEN)
free among the dead, as the slain ones *Alex. om. errimmenoi, cast out cast out, who sleep in the tomb; whom thou rememberest no more; and they are rejected from thy hand.
Psalms 88 : 6 (LXXEN)
They laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, and in the shadow of death.
Psalms 88 : 7 (LXXEN)
Thy wrath has pressed heavily upon me, and thou hast brought upon me all thy billows. Pause.
Psalms 88 : 8 (LXXEN)
Thou hast removed my acquaintance far from me; they have made me an abomination to themselves; I have been delivered up, and have not gone forth.
Psalms 88 : 9 (LXXEN)
Mine eyes are dimmed from poverty; but I cried to thee, O Lord, all the day; I spread forth my hands to thee.
Psalms 88 : 10 (LXXEN)
Wilt thou work wonders for the dead? or shall *See Hebrew physicians raise them up, that they shall praise thee?
Psalms 88 : 11 (LXXEN)
Shall any one declare thy mercy in the tomb? and thy truth in destruction?
Psalms 88 : 12 (LXXEN)
Shall thy wonders be known in darkness? and thy righteousness in a forgotten land?
Psalms 88 : 13 (LXXEN)
But I cried to thee, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
Psalms 88 : 14 (LXXEN)
Wherefore, O Lord, dost thou reject my *Heb. and Alex. soul prayer, and turn thy face away from me?
Psalms 88 : 15 (LXXEN)
I am poor and in troubles from my youth; and having been exalted, I was brought low and into *See 2 Co 4:8 despair.
Psalms 88 : 16 (LXXEN)
Thy wrath has passed over me; and thy terrors have greatly disquieted me.
Psalms 88 : 17 (LXXEN)
They compassed me like water; all the day they beset me together.
Psalms 88 : 18 (LXXEN)
Thou hast put far from me *Alex. friend and neighbour every friend, and mine acquaintances because of my wretchedness.
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