Psalm 88:1-7

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1} A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director; according to Mahalath Leannoth. A ^(a)Maskil of Heman ^(b)the Ezrahite.

O Lord, the ^(A)God of my salvation,
I have ^(B)cried out by day and in the night before You.

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Let my prayer ^(C)come before You;
^(D)Incline Your ear to my cry!

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For my ^(E)soul has ^(c)had enough troubles,
And ^(F)my life has drawn near to ^(d)Sheol.

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I am reckoned among those who ^(G)go down to the pit;
I have become like a man ^(H)without strength,

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^(e)Forsaken ^(I)among the dead,
Like the slain who lie in the grave,
Whom You remember no more,
And they are ^(J)cut off from Your hand.

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You have put me in ^(K)the lowest pit,
In ^(L)dark places, in the ^(M)depths.

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Your wrath ^(N)has rested upon me,
And You have afflicted me with ^(O)all Your waves. ^(f)Selah.

a. Psalm 88:1: ['Possibly, ', Contemplative, ', or ', Didactic, ', or ', Skillful Psalm]

b. Psalm 88:1: ['1 Kin 4:31; 1 Chr 2:6; Ps 89: title']

c. Psalm 88:3: ['Or ', been satisfied with]

d. Psalm 88:3: ['I.e. the nether world']

e. Psalm 88:5: ['Lit ', A freed one among the dead]

f. Psalm 88:7: [Selah, ' may mean: ', Pause, Crescendo, ' or ', Musical interlude]

A. Psalm 88:1: Psalm 24:5; Psalm 27:9

B. Psalm 88:1: Psalm 22:2; Psalm 86:3; Luke 18:7

C. Psalm 88:2: Psalm 18:6

D. Psalm 88:2: Psalm 31:2; Psalm 86:1

E. Psalm 88:3: Psalm 107:26

F. Psalm 88:3: Psalm 107:18; Psalm 116:3

G. Psalm 88:4: Psalm 28:1; Psalm 143:7

H. Psalm 88:4: Job 29:12; Psalm 22:11

I. Psalm 88:5: Psalm 31:12

J. Psalm 88:5: Psalm 31:22; Isaiah 53:8

K. Psalm 88:6: Psalm 86:13; Lamentations 3:55

L. Psalm 88:6: Psalm 143:3

M. Psalm 88:6: Psalm 69:15

N. Psalm 88:7: Psalm 32:4; Psalm 39:10

O. Psalm 88:7: Psalm 42:7