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Psalms

A collection of songs and prayers expressing a wide range of emotions and thoughts on faith.

Chapter 88

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1 O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:

*Dear Lord, God of my safety, I've called out to you all day and night.

2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;

*Let me talk to you through prayer: listen carefully to when I call out to you.

3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

*My soul is very worried, and I'm close to death.

4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

*I'm considered with those going to a deep place: I'm like someone without any power.

5 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.

*Among the dead people, you are free, like those who were killed and now lie in graves, and you are forgotten by God.

6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

*You have placed me in the deepest hole, in darkness, in the depths.

7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

*Your anger is strong against me, and you have troubled me with all your waves. (Selah)

8 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 distanced my friends from me; you have made them hate me. I'm trapped and can't get out.

9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

*My eye is sad because of trouble: Lord, I've asked you every day, and reached out my hands to you.

10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

*Will you display miracles for the dead? Will the dead rise and praise you? Selah.

11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

*Will your kindness be known in death, or your loyalty during destruction?

12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

*Will your miracles be known in the darkness, and your justice in the land of forgetting?

13 But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

*I called out to you, God, and in the morning, my prayer will reach you first.

14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

*LORD, why do you ignore my soul? why are you hiding your face from me?

15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

*I'm suffering and feel like dying, it's been this way since I was young. While enduring your scary actions, I'm confused and can't focus.

16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

*Your intense anger overwhelms me; your terrifying actions have separated me from everything.

17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

*They surrounded me every day like water, all coming at once.

18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.

*You have removed lovers and friends from me and plunged my familiar people into darkness.

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