{"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/dbt/psalms/88","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T05:12:49.126Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":88,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":87,"nextChapter":89,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":18},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"{A Song, a Psalm for the sons of Korah. To the chief Musician. Upon Mahalath Leannoth. An instruction. Of Heman the Ezrahite.} Jehovah, God of my salvation, I have cried by day and in the night before thee."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Let my prayer come before thee; incline thine ear unto my cry."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draweth nigh to Sheol."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no strength:"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Prostrate among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave; whom thou rememberest no more, and who 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 fury lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Thou hast put my familiar friends 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 consumeth by reason of affliction. Upon thee, Jehovah, have I called every day; I have stretched out my hands unto thee."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Wilt thou do wonders to the dead? shall the shades arise and praise thee? Selah."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Shall thy loving-kindness be declared in the grave? 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 as for me, Jehovah, I cry unto thee, and in the morning my prayer cometh before thee."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Why, O Jehovah, castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"I am afflicted and expiring from my youth up; I suffer thy terrors, and I am distracted."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Thy fierce anger hath gone over me; thy terrors have brought me to nought:"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"They have surrounded me all the day like water; they have compassed me about together."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Lover and associate hast thou put far from me: my familiar friends are darkness."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 88 (DBT)","markdown":"[Psalms 88](https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/88)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/88 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}