88:1 Of understanding, for Ethan the Ezrahite.

88:1 Of understanding, for Ethan the Ezrahite.

88:2 Let my prayer come in before thee: incline thy ear to my petition.

88:2 Let my prayer come in before thee: incline thy ear to my petition.

88:3 For my soul is filled with evils: and my life hath drawn nigh to hell.

88:3 For my soul is filled with evils: and my life hath drawn nigh to hell.

88:4 I am counted among them that go down to the pit: I am become as a man without help,

88:4 I am counted among them that go down to the pit: I am become as a man without help,

88:5 Free among the dead. Like the slain sleeping in the sepulchres, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

88:5 Free among the dead. Like the slain sleeping in the sepulchres, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

88:6 They have laid me in the lower pit: in the dark places, and in the shadow of death.

88:6 They have laid me in the lower pit: in the dark places, and in the shadow of death.

88:7 Thy wrath is strong over me: and all thy waves thou hast brought in upon me.

88:7 Thy wrath is strong over me: and all thy waves thou hast brought in upon me.

88:8 Thou hast put away my acquaintance far from me: they have set me an abomination to themselves. I was delivered up, and came not forth:

88:8 Thou hast put away my acquaintance far from me: they have set me an abomination to themselves. I was delivered up, and came not forth:

88:9 My eyes languished through poverty. All the day I cried to thee, O Lord: I stretched out my hands to thee.

88:9 My eyes languished through poverty. All the day I cried to thee, O Lord: I stretched out my hands to thee.

88:10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? or shall physicians raise to life, and give praise to thee?

88:10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? or shall physicians raise to life, and give praise to thee?

88:11 Shall any one in the sepulchre declare thy mercy: and thy truth in destruction?

88:11 Shall any one in the sepulchre declare thy mercy: and thy truth in destruction?

88:12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark; and thy justice in the land of forgetfulness?

88:12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark; and thy justice in the land of forgetfulness?

88:13 But I, O Lord, have cried to thee: and in the morning my prayer shall prevent thee.

88:13 But I, O Lord, have cried to thee: and in the morning my prayer shall prevent thee.

88:14 Lord, why castest thou off my prayer: why turnest thou away thy face from me?

88:14 Lord, why castest thou off my prayer: why turnest thou away thy face from me?

88:15 I am poor, and in labours from my youth: and being exalted have been humbled and troubled.

88:15 I am poor, and in labours from my youth: and being exalted have been humbled and troubled.

88:16 Thy wrath hath come upon me: and thy terrors have troubled me.

88:16 Thy wrath hath come upon me: and thy terrors have troubled me.

88:17 They have come round about me like water all the day: they have compassed me about together.

88:17 They have come round about me like water all the day: they have compassed me about together.

88:18 Friend and neighbour thou hast put far from me: and my acquaintance, because of misery.

88:18 Friend and neighbour thou hast put far from me: and my acquaintance, because of misery.