{"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/erv/psalms/88","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T08:52:31.648Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","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 of the sons of Korah; for the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, 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 counted 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 LORD, I have spread forth my hands unto thee."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall they that are deceased 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 LORD, have I cried, and in the morning shall my prayer come before thee."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"LORD, 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 (ERV)","markdown":"[Psalms 88](https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/88)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/88 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}