{"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/kjv/psalms/88","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T11:08:16.921Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":88,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":87,"nextChapter":89,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":18},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"{A Song <i>or</i> Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.} O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day <i>and</i> 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 unto the grave."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man <i>that hath</i> no strength:"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Free 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 darkness, in the deeps."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted <i>me</i> with all thy waves. Selah."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: <i>I am</i> shut up, and I cannot come forth."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise <i>and</i> praise thee? Selah."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? <i>or</i> 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 have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"LORD, why castest thou off my soul? <i>why</i> hidest thou thy face from me?"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"I <i>am</i> afflicted and ready to die from <i>my</i> youth up: <i>while</i> I suffer thy terrors I am distracted."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, <i>and</i> mine acquaintance into darkness."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 88 (KJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 88](https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/88)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/88 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}