The ropes of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me.(A)
I called to the Lord in my distress,
and I cried to my God for help.
From his temple he heard my voice,(B)
and my cry to him reached his ears.(C)

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13 For your faithful love for me is great,
and you rescue my life from the depths of Sheol.(A)

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Psalm 88

A Cry of Desperation

A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.(A)

Lord, God of my salvation,
I cry out before you day and night.(B)
May my prayer reach your presence;
listen to my cry.(C)

For I have had enough troubles,
and my life is near Sheol.(D)
I am counted among those going down to the Pit.(E)
I am like a man without strength,(F)
abandoned[a] among the dead.
I am like the slain lying in the grave,(G)
whom you no longer remember,
and who are cut off from your care.[b](H)

You have put me in the lowest part of the Pit,
in the darkest places, in the depths.(I)
Your wrath weighs heavily on me;(J)
you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.(K)Selah

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Footnotes

  1. 88:5 Or set free
  2. 88:5 Or hand

15 For you said, “We have made a covenant with Death,
and we have an agreement with Sheol;
when the overwhelming catastrophe[a] passes through,(A)
it will not touch us,
because we have made falsehood our refuge
and have hidden behind treachery.”

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Footnotes

  1. 28:15 Or whip; Hb obscure, also in v. 18

18 For Sheol cannot thank you;
Death cannot praise you.(A)
Those who go down to the Pit
cannot hope for your faithfulness.

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