# Psalms 88

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/88
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

*A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.*

## Text

[1] O LORD, the God of my salvation,
day and night I cry out before You. [2] May my prayer come before You;
incline Your ear to my cry. [3] For my soul is full of troubles,
and my life draws near to Sheol. [4] I am counted among those descending to the Pit.
I am like a man without strength. [5] 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. [6] You have laid me in the lowest Pit,
in the darkest of the depths. [7] Your wrath weighs heavily upon me;
all Your waves have submerged me.
Selah [8] You have removed my friends from me;
You have made me repulsive to them;
I am confined and cannot escape. [9] My eyes grow dim with grief.
I call to You daily, O LORD;
I spread out my hands to You. [10] Do You work wonders for the dead?
Do departed spirits rise up to praise You?
Selah [11] Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave,
Your faithfulness in Abaddon? [12] Will Your wonders be known in the darkness,
or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion? [13] But to You, O LORD, I cry for help;
in the morning my prayer comes before You. [14] Why, O LORD, do You reject me?
Why do You hide Your face from me? [15] From my youth I was afflicted and near death.
I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair. [16] Your wrath has swept over me;
Your terrors have destroyed me. [17] All day long they engulf me like water;
they enclose me on every side. [18] You have removed my beloved and my friend;
darkness is my closest companion.

## Each verse

- Psalms 88:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/88/1
- Psalms 88:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/88/2
- Psalms 88:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/88/3
- Psalms 88:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/88/4
- Psalms 88:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/88/5
- Psalms 88:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/88/6
- Psalms 88:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/88/7
- Psalms 88:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/88/8
- Psalms 88:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/88/9
- Psalms 88:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/88/10
- Psalms 88:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/88/11
- Psalms 88:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/88/12
- Psalms 88:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/88/13
- Psalms 88:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/88/14
- Psalms 88:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/88/15
- Psalms 88:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/88/16
- Psalms 88:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/88/17
- Psalms 88:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/88/18