New American Standard Bible 2020

Psalms 88:1-9

1 1 2Lord, the 3God of my salvation, I have 4cried out by day and in the night before You.2Let my prayer 5come before You; 6Incline Your ear to my cry!3For my 7soul has 8had enough troubles, And 9my life has approached 10Sheol.4I am counted among those who 11go down to the pit; I have become like a man 12without strength,5 13Abandoned 14among the dead, Like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom You no longer remember, And they are 15cut off from Your hand.6You have put me in 16the lowest pit, In 17dark places, in the 18depths.7Your wrath 19has rested upon me, And You have afflicted me with 20all Your waves. Selah8You have removed 21my acquaintances far from me; You have made me an 22 23object of loathing to them; I am 24shut up and cannot go out.9My 25eye grows dim from misery; I have 26called upon You every day, Lord; I have 27spread out my 28hands to You.

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Notes

1. Psalms 88:1 Possibly, Contemplative; or Didactic; or Skillful Psalm ↩
2. Psalms 88:1 1 Kin 4:31; 1 Chr 2:6; Ps 89: title ↩
3. Psalms 88:1 Ps 24:5; 27:9 ↩
4. Psalms 88:1 Ps 22:2; 86:3; Luke 18:7 ↩
5. Psalms 88:2 Ps 18:6 ↩
6. Psalms 88:2 Ps 31:2; 86:1 ↩
7. Psalms 88:3 Ps 107:26 ↩
8. Psalms 88:3 Or been satisfied with ↩
9. Psalms 88:3 Ps 107:18; 116:3 ↩
10. Psalms 88:3 I.e., the netherworld ↩
11. Psalms 88:4 Ps 28:1; 143:7 ↩
12. Psalms 88:4 Job 29:12; Ps 22:11 ↩
13. Psalms 88:5 Lit A freed one among the dead ↩
14. Psalms 88:5 Ps 31:12 ↩
15. Psalms 88:5 Ps 31:22; Is 53:8 ↩
16. Psalms 88:6 Ps 86:13; Lam 3:55 ↩
17. Psalms 88:6 Ps 143:3 ↩
18. Psalms 88:6 Ps 69:15 ↩
19. Psalms 88:7 Ps 32:4; 39:10 ↩
20. Psalms 88:7 Ps 42:7 ↩
21. Psalms 88:8 Job 19:13, 19; Ps 31:11; 142:4 ↩
22. Psalms 88:8 Lit abomination to them ↩
23. Psalms 88:8 Job 30:10 ↩
24. Psalms 88:8 Ps 142:7; Jer 32:2; 36:5 ↩
25. Psalms 88:9 Ps 6:7; 31:9 ↩
26. Psalms 88:9 Ps 22:2; 86:3 ↩
27. Psalms 88:9 Job 11:13; Ps 143:6 ↩
28. Psalms 88:9 Lit palms ↩

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