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Psalm 88 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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A Petition to Be Saved from Death.

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A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the music director; according to Mahalath Leannoth. A [fn]Maskil of Heman [fn]the Ezrahite.

LORD, the God of my salvation,

I have cried out by day and in the night before You.

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Let my prayer come before You;

Incline Your ear to my cry!

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For my soul has [fn]had enough troubles,

And my life has approached [fn]Sheol.

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I am counted among those who go down to the pit;

I have become like a man without strength,

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[fn]Abandoned among the dead,

Like the slain who lie in the grave,

Whom You no longer remember,

And they are cut off from Your hand.

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You have put me in the lowest pit,

In dark places, in the depths.

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Your wrath has rested upon me,

And You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah

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You have removed my acquaintances far from me;

You have made me an [fn]object of loathing to them;

I am shut up and cannot go out.

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My eye grows dim from misery;

I have called upon You every day, LORD;

I have spread out my [fn]hands to You.

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Will You perform wonders for the dead?

Or will the departed spirits rise and praise You? Selah

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Will Your graciousness be declared in the grave,

Your faithfulness in [fn]Abaddon?

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Will Your wonders be made known in the darkness?

And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

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But I, LORD, have cried out to You for help,

And in the morning my prayer comes before You.

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LORD, why do You reject my soul?

Why do You hide Your face from me?

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I was miserable and about to die from my youth on;

I suffer Your terrors; I grow weary.

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Your burning anger has passed over me;

Your terrors have [fn]destroyed me.

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They have surrounded me like water all day long;

They have encircled me altogether.

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You have removed lover and friend far from me;

My acquaintances are in a hiding place.

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NASB20 Footnotes
Possibly, Contemplative; or Didactic; or Skillful Psalm
1 Kin 4:31; 1 Chr 2:6; Ps 89: title
Or been satisfied with
I.e., the netherworld
Lit A freed one among the dead
Lit abomination to them
Lit palms
I.e., place of destruction
Or silenced
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Psalm Chapter 88 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras