{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/psalms/88","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T11:00:29.408Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":88,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":87,"nextChapter":89,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":18},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Let my prayer enter into thy presence; Incline thine ear unto my cry."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Cast off among the dead, Like the slain that lie in the grave, Whom thou rememberest no more, And they are cut off from thy hand."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction: I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah; I have spread forth my hands unto thee."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are decreased arise and praise thee? Selah"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in Destruction?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried; And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul? Why hidest thou thy face from me?"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 88 (ASV)","markdown":"[Psalms 88](https://primebible.com/asv/psalms/88)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/psalms/88 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}