Psalms 87; Psalms 88

1 The Lord built Jerusalem on the holy mountain.

2 He loves its gates more than any other place in Israel.

3 City of God, wonderful things are said about you.Selah

4 God says, "I will put Egypt and Babylonia on the list of nations that know me. People from Philistia, Tyre, and Cush will be born there."

5 They will say about Jerusalem, "This one and that one were born there. God Most High will strengthen her."

6 The Lord will keep a list of the nations. He will note, "This person was born there."Selah

7 They will dance and sing, "All good things come from Jerusalem." A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah.

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

2 Receive my prayer, and listen to my cry.

3 My life is full of troubles, and I am nearly dead.

4 They think I am on the way to my grave. I am like a man with no strength.

5 I have been left as dead, like a body lying in a grave whom you don't remember anymore, cut off from your care.

6 You have brought me close to death; I am almost in the dark place of the dead.

7 You have been very angry with me; all your waves crush me.Selah

8 You have taken my friends away from me and have made them hate me. I am trapped and cannot escape.

9 My eyes are weak from crying. Lord, I have prayed to you every day; I have lifted my hands in prayer to you.

10 Do you show your miracles for the dead? Do their spirits rise up and praise you?Selah

11 Will your love be told in the grave? Will your loyalty be told in the place of death?

12 Will your miracles be known in the dark grave? Will your goodness be known in the land of forgetfulness?

13 But, Lord, I have called out to you for help; every morning I pray to you.

14 Lord, why do you reject me? Why do you hide from me?

15 I have been weak and dying since I was young. I suffer from your terrors, and I am helpless.

16 You have been angry with me, and your terrors have destroyed me.

17 They surround me daily like a flood; they are all around me.

18 You have taken away my loved ones and friends. Darkness is my only friend. A maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.