Psalms 88
88
Psalm 88
Prayer for Help in Despondency
A Song. A Psalm of the Korahites. To the leader: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.
1 #
Ps 27.9; 51.14 O LORD, God of my salvation,
at night, when I cry out before you,
2 #
Ps 18.6; 86.1 let my prayer come before you;
incline your ear to my cry.
3 #
Ps 107.18, 26 For my soul is full of troubles,
and my life draws near to Sheol.
4 #
Ps 28.1
I am counted among those who go down to the Pit;
I am like those who have no help,
5 #
Isa 53.8
like those forsaken among the dead,
like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom you remember no more,
for they are cut off from your hand.
6 #
Ps 69.15; 86.13; 143.3 You have put me in the depths of the Pit,
in the regions dark and deep.
7 #
Ps 42.7
Your wrath lies heavy upon me,
and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah
8 #
Job 19.13; Ps 31.11; 142.4; Lam 3.7 You have caused my companions to shun me;
you have made me a thing of horror to them.
I am shut in so that I cannot escape;
9 #
Job 11.13; Ps 38.10; 86.3; 143.6 my eye grows dim through sorrow.
Every day I call on you, O LORD;
I spread out my hands to you.
10 #
Ps 6.5; Isa 38.18 Do you work wonders for the dead?
Do the shades rise up to praise you? Selah
11Is your steadfast love declared in the grave
or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
12 #
Job 10.21
Are your wonders known in the darkness
or your saving help in the land of forgetfulness?
13 #
Ps 5.3; 119.147 But I, O LORD, cry out to you;
in the morning my prayer comes before you.
14 #
Job 13.24; Ps 13.1 O LORD, why do you cast me off?
Why do you hide your face from me?
15 #
Job 6.4
Wretched and close to death from my youth up,
I suffer your terrors; I am desperate.#88.15 Meaning of Heb uncertain
16Your wrath has swept over me;
your dread assaults destroy me.
17 #
Ps 22.16
They surround me like a flood all day long;
from all sides they close in on me.
18 #
Job 19.13; Ps 31.11; 38.11 You have caused friend and neighbor to shun me;
my companions are in darkness.
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Psalms 88
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Psalm 88
Prayer for Help in Despondency
A Song. A Psalm of the Korahites. To the leader: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.
1 #
Ps 27.9; 51.14 O LORD, God of my salvation,
at night, when I cry out before you,
2 #
Ps 18.6; 86.1 let my prayer come before you;
incline your ear to my cry.
3 #
Ps 107.18, 26 For my soul is full of troubles,
and my life draws near to Sheol.
4 #
Ps 28.1
I am counted among those who go down to the Pit;
I am like those who have no help,
5 #
Isa 53.8
like those forsaken among the dead,
like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom you remember no more,
for they are cut off from your hand.
6 #
Ps 69.15; 86.13; 143.3 You have put me in the depths of the Pit,
in the regions dark and deep.
7 #
Ps 42.7
Your wrath lies heavy upon me,
and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah
8 #
Job 19.13; Ps 31.11; 142.4; Lam 3.7 You have caused my companions to shun me;
you have made me a thing of horror to them.
I am shut in so that I cannot escape;
9 #
Job 11.13; Ps 38.10; 86.3; 143.6 my eye grows dim through sorrow.
Every day I call on you, O LORD;
I spread out my hands to you.
10 #
Ps 6.5; Isa 38.18 Do you work wonders for the dead?
Do the shades rise up to praise you? Selah
11Is your steadfast love declared in the grave
or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
12 #
Job 10.21
Are your wonders known in the darkness
or your saving help in the land of forgetfulness?
13 #
Ps 5.3; 119.147 But I, O LORD, cry out to you;
in the morning my prayer comes before you.
14 #
Job 13.24; Ps 13.1 O LORD, why do you cast me off?
Why do you hide your face from me?
15 #
Job 6.4
Wretched and close to death from my youth up,
I suffer your terrors; I am desperate.#88.15 Meaning of Heb uncertain
16Your wrath has swept over me;
your dread assaults destroy me.
17 #
Ps 22.16
They surround me like a flood all day long;
from all sides they close in on me.
18 #
Job 19.13; Ps 31.11; 38.11 You have caused friend and neighbor to shun me;
my companions are in darkness.
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