Psalm 88:1–9

1 O Lord, the aGod of my salvation,

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

2 Let my prayer acome before You;

bIncline Your ear to my cry!

3 For my asoul has 1had enough troubles,

And bmy life has drawn near to 2Sheol.

4 I am reckoned among those who ago down to the pit;

I have become like a man bwithout strength,

5 1Forsaken aamong the dead,

Like the slain who lie in the grave,

Whom You remember no more,

And they are bcut off from Your hand.

6 You have put me in athe lowest pit,

In bdark places, in the cdepths.

7 Your wrath ahas rested upon me,

And You have afflicted me with ball Your waves.

1Selah.

8 You have removed amy acquaintances far from me;

You have made me an 1 bobject of loathing to them;

I am cshut up and cannot go out.

9 My aeye has wasted away because of affliction;

I have bcalled upon You every day, O Lord;

I have cspread out my 1hands to You.

a	Ps 24:5 Ps 27:9
b	Ps 22:2 Ps 86:3 Lk 18:7
a	Ps 18:6
b	Ps 31:2 Ps 86:1
a	Ps 107:26
1	Or been satisfied with
b	Ps 107:18 Ps 116:3
2	I.e. the nether world
a	Ps 28:1 Ps 143:7
b	Job 29:12 Ps 22:11
1	Lit A freed one among the dead
a	Ps 31:12
b	Ps 31:22 Is 53:8
a	Ps 86:13 La 3:55
b	Ps 143:3
c	Ps 69:15
a	Ps 32:4 Ps 39:10
b	Ps 42:7
1	Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude
a	Job 19:13 Job 19:19 Ps 31:11 Ps 142:4
1	Lit abomination to them
b	Job 30:10
c	Ps 142:7 Je 32:2 Je 36:5
a	Ps 6:7 Ps 31:9
b	Ps 22:2 Ps 86:3
c	Job 11:13 Ps 143:6
1	Lit palms