Through My Bible Yr 02 – June 19

Through My Bible – June 19

Psalms 88 (EHV)

See series: Through My Bible

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.