{"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/drb/psalms/88","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T00:31:50.914Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":88,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":87,"nextChapter":89,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":18},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"A canticle of a psalm for the sons of Core: unto the end, for Maheleth, to answer understanding of Eman the Ezrahite. O Lord, the God of my salvation: I have cried in the day, and in the night before thee. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Let my prayer come in before thee: incline thy ear to my petition. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For my soul is filled with evils: and my life hath drawn nigh to hell. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I am counted among them that go down to the pit: I am become as a man without help, "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"free among the dead. Like the slain sleeping in the sepulchres, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cast off from thy hand. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"They have laid me in the lower pit: in the dark places, and in the shadow of death. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Thy wrath is strong over me: and all thy waves thou hast brought in upon me. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Thou hast put away my acquaintance far from me: they have set me an abomination to themselves. I was delivered up, and came not forth: "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"my eyes languished through poverty. All the day I cried to thee, O Lord: I stretched out my hands to thee. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? or shall physicians raise to life, and give praise to thee? "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Shall any one in the sepulchre declare thy mercy: and thy truth in destruction? "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Shall thy wonders be known in the dark; and thy justice in the land of forgetfulness? "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"But I, O Lord, have cried to thee: and in the morning my prayer shall prevent thee. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Lord, why castest thou off my prayer: why turnest thou away thy face from me? "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"I am poor, and in labours from my youth: and being exalted have been humbled and troubled. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Thy wrath hath come upon me: and thy terrors have troubled me. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"They have come round about me like water all the day: they have compassed me about together. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Friend and neighbour thou hast put far from me: and my acquaintance, because of misery. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 88 (DRB)","markdown":"[Psalms 88](https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/88)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/88 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}