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Psalm 88

1 O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried by day and in the night before thee.

1 LORD, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you.

2 Let my prayer come in before thee; incline thine ear to my supplication, O Lord.

2 May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry.

3 For my soul is filled with troubles, and my life has drawn nigh to Hades.

3 I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life draws near to death.

4 I have been reckoned with them that go down to the pit; I became as a man without help;

4 I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like one without strength.

5 free among the dead, as the slain ones cast out, who sleep in the tomb; whom thou rememberest no more; and they are rejected from thy hand.

5 I am set apart with the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, who are cut off from your care.

6 They laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, and in the shadow of death.

6 You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.

7 Thy wrath has pressed heavily upon me, and thou hast brought upon me all thy billows. Pause.

7 Your wrath lies heavily on me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.

8 Thou hast removed my acquaintance far from me; they have made me an abomination to themselves; I have been delivered up, and have not gone forth.

8 You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape;

9 Mine eyes are dimmed from poverty; but I cried to thee, O Lord, all the day; I spread forth my hands to thee.

9 my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, LORD, every day; I spread out my hands to you.

10 Wilt thou work wonders for the dead? or shall physicians raise them up, that they shall praise thee?

10 Do you show your wonders to the dead? Do their spirits rise up and praise you?

11 Shall any one declare thy mercy in the tomb? and thy truth in destruction?

11 Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction ?

12 Shall thy wonders be known in darkness? and thy righteousness in a forgotten land?

12 Are your wonders known in the place of darkness, or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?

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

13 But I cry to you for help, LORD; in the morning my prayer comes before you.

14 Wherefore, O Lord, dost thou reject my prayer, and turn thy face away from me?

14 Why, LORD, do you reject me and hide your face from me?

15 I am poor and in troubles from my youth; and having been exalted, I was brought low and into despair.

15 From my youth I have suffered and been close to death; I have borne your terrors and am in despair.

16 Thy wrath has passed over me; and thy terrors have greatly disquieted me.

16 Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me.

17 They compassed me like water; all the day they beset me together.

17 All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me.

18 Thou hast put far from me every friend, and mine acquaintances because of my wretchedness.

18 You have taken from me friend and neighbor— darkness is my closest friend.

The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.