{"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/web/psalms/88","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T23:39:13.185Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":88,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":87,"nextChapter":89,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":18},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can't escape."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Yahweh. I have spread out my hands to you."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? Selah."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"But to you, Yahweh, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Yahweh, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me off."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness. A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 88 (WEB)","markdown":"[Psalms 88](https://primebible.com/web/psalms/88)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/psalms/88 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}