Psalm 88

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1	O Lord, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.	O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:	Lord, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.	O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee.
2	May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.	Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;	Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.	Let my prayer enter into thy presence; Incline thine ear unto my cry.
3	For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.	For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.	For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.	For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.
4	I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.	I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:	I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,	I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help,
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.	Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.	set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.	Cast off among the dead, Like the slain that lie in the grave, Whom thou rememberest no more, And they are cut off from thy hand.
6	You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.	Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.	You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.	Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps.
7	Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah	Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.	Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.	Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. [Selah
8	You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.	Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.	You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can’t escape.	Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
9	My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O Lord; I spread out my hands to You.	Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.	My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Lord. I have spread out my hands to you.	Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction: I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah; I have spread forth my hands unto thee.
10	Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah	Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.	Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and praise you? Selah.	Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are deceased arise and praise thee? [Selah
11	Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon?	Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?	Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction?	Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in Destruction?
12	Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?	Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?	Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?	Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13	But to You, O Lord, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.	But unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.	But to you, Lord, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you.	But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried; And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.
14	Why, O Lord, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?	Lord, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?	Lord, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?	Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul? Why hidest thou thy face from me?
15	From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.	I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.	I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.	I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
16	Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.	Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.	Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me off.	Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.
17	All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.	They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.	They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.	They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together.
18	You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.	Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.	You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness.	Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness.