Revised Version 1895

Psalms 88:1-7

1O LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and nightbeforeעַל־'al-H5921thee:

2Let my prayer enterintoבַלַּ֣יְלָהva.Lay.lahH3915thypresenceנֶגְדֶּֽךָ׃neg.De.khaH5048; incline thine ear unto mycryצָעַ֖קְתִּיtza.'Ak.tiH6817:

3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.

4I am counted with them that godownהִגִּֽיעוּ׃hi.Gi.'uH5060into the pit; I am as amanנַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.ShiH5315that hath no help:

5CastoffH3381among the dead, like the slain thatlieהָ֝יִ֗יתִיha.Yi.tiH1961in the grave, whom thou rememberestnoH369moreH369; and they are cutoffH3381from thy hand.

6Thou hastlaidשֹׁ֥כְבֵיSho.khe.veiH7901meבַּמֵּתִ֗יםba.me.TimH4191in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the deeps.

7Thy wrath lieth hard uponmeH7896, and thou hast afflictedmeH7896withallH7896thy waves. Selah

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