Through My Bible Yr 02 – June 19

Through My Bible – June 19

Psalms 88 (EHV)



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¹ O Lord, the God who saves me, by day I cry out.

At night I cry before you.

² May my prayer come before you.

Turn your ear to my cry.

³ Indeed, my soul has had its fill of troubles,

and my life has arrived at the grave.

⁴ I am treated like those who go down to the pit.

I am like someone without strength.

⁵ I am turned loose with the dead.

I am like the slain who lie in the grave,

like the ones you do not remember anymore,

like those who are cut off from your hand.

⁶ You have put me in the lowest pit,

in dark places, in the depths.

⁷ Your wrath presses against me. Interlude

You have battered me with all your breakers.

⁸ You have distanced my acquaintances from me.

You have made me repulsive to them.

I am shut in and I cannot get out.

⁹ My eyesight grows dim from affliction.

I call to you, O Lord, every day.

I spread out my hands to you.

¹⁰ Is it for the dead that you do a miracle? Interlude

Do the spirits of the dead rise up and praise you?

¹¹ Is your mercy declared in the tomb,

your faithfulness in decay?

¹² Is your wonderful work known in the darkness?

Is your righteousness known in the land of forgetfulness?

¹³ But I cry to you, O Lord,

and in the morning my prayer comes before you.

¹⁴ Why, O Lord, do you reject my soul?

Why do you hide your face from me?

¹⁵ I have been afflicted

and I have been close to death since my youth.

I have endured your terrors.

I am in despair.

¹⁶ Your rage has swept over me.

Your terrors have destroyed me.

¹⁷ All day long they surround me like water.

They have battered me completely.

¹⁸ You have distanced my loved one and friend from me.

My only friend is darkness.

Footnotes

1. Psalm 88:1 Probably the name of the tune, “Suffering of Affliction”


2. Psalm 88:1 A maskil is a type of hymn. It means a song that makes one wise or a skillful song.