(YLT) Psalms 88 : 1 A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah, to the Overseer, 'Concerning the Sickness of Afflictions.' -- An instruction, by Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, God of my salvation, Daily I have cried, nightly before Thee,
(YLT) Psalms 88 : 2 My prayer cometh in before Thee, Incline Thine ear to my loud cry,
(YLT) Psalms 88 : 3 For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol.
(YLT) Psalms 88 : 4 I have been reckoned with those going down to the pit, I have been as a man without strength.
(YLT) Psalms 88 : 5 Among the dead -- free, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom Thou hast not remembered any more, Yea, they by Thy hand have been cut off.
(YLT) Psalms 88 : 6 Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths.
(YLT) Psalms 88 : 7 Upon me hath Thy fury lain, And with all Thy breakers Thou hast afflicted. Selah.
(YLT) Psalms 88 : 8 Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me, Thou hast made me an abomination to them, Shut up -- I go not forth.
(YLT) Psalms 88 : 9 Mine eye hath grieved because of affliction, I called Thee, O Jehovah, all the day, I have spread out unto Thee my hands.
(YLT) Psalms 88 : 10 To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? Selah.
(YLT) Psalms 88 : 11 Is Thy kindness recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness in destruction?
(YLT) Psalms 88 : 12 Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
(YLT) Psalms 88 : 13 And I, unto Thee, O Jehovah, I have cried, And in the morning doth my prayer come before Thee.
(YLT) Psalms 88 : 14 Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me.
(YLT) Psalms 88 : 15 I am afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors -- I pine away.
(YLT) Psalms 88 : 16 Over me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off,
(YLT) Psalms 88 : 17 They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together,
(YLT) Psalms 88 : 18 Thou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance is the place of darkness!