{"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/ylt/psalms/88","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T09:40:45.882Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","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, by sons of Korah, to the Overseer, 'Concerning the Sickness of Afflictions.' — An instruction, by Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, God of my salvation, Daily I have cried, nightly before Thee,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"My prayer cometh in before Thee, Incline Thine ear to my loud cry,"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I have been reckoned with those going down to the pit, I have been as a man without strength."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Among the dead — free, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom Thou hast not remembered any more, Yea, they by Thy hand have been cut off."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Upon me hath Thy fury lain, And with all Thy breakers Thou hast afflicted. Selah."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me, Thou hast made me an abomination to them, Shut up — I go not forth."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Mine eye hath grieved because of affliction, I called Thee, O Jehovah, all the day, I have spread out unto Thee my hands."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? Selah."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Is Thy kindness recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness in destruction?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And I, unto Thee, O Jehovah, I have cried, And in the morning doth my prayer come before Thee."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"I am afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors — I pine away."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Over me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off,"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together,"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Thou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance is the place of darkness!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 88 (YLT)","markdown":"[Psalms 88](https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/88)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/88 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}