Psalm 88

Chant Psalter

Natural Speech Rhythm

1 O Lord | God of • my sal- | vation, ||

I have | cried • day and | night be- | fore thee ||

O let my prayer | enter • into thy | presence, ||

in- | cline thine | ear un•to my | calling. ||

2 For my soul is | full of | trouble ||

and my | life • draweth | nigh • unto | hell. ||

3 I am counted as one of them that go | down in•to the | pit ||

and I have been even as a | man that | hath no | strength. ||

4 3 Free a- | mong the | dead, ||

like unto them that are | 3 wounded, and | lie • in the | grave ||

who are | 3 out of re- | membrance, ||

and are | cut a- | 3 way from thy | hand. ||

5 Thou hast laid me in the | lowest | pit ||

in a place of | darkness, | 3 and in the | deep. ||

6 Thine indignation | lieth | hard up•on me ||

and thou hast | vexed • me with | all thy | storms. ||

7 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; * and made me to | be ab- | horred • of them. ||

8 I am so fast in | prison • that I | cannot • get | forth. ||

9 My sight | faileth for • very | trouble ||

Lord, I have called daily upon thee, * I have 3 stretched | forth my | hands • unto | thee. ||

10 Dost thou shew | wonders a•mong the | dead? ||

or shall the | dead rise | up a•gain, and | praise thee? ||

11 Shall thy lovingkindness be | shewed • in the | grave? ||

or thy | 3 faithfulness | in de- | struction? ||

12 Shall thy wondrous works be | known • in the | dark? ||

and thy righteousness in the | land where | all things • are for- | gotten? ||

13 Unto thee have I cried, O Lord, * and early shall my | prayer • come be- | fore thee. ||

14 Lord, why abhorrest thou my | soul, and | hidest • thou thy | face • from me? ||

15 I am in misery, and like unto him that is at the | point to | die ||

even from my youth up thy terrors have I | suffered • with a | troubled | mind. ||

16 Thy wrathful dis- | pleasure • goeth | over • me ||

and the | fear of | thee • hath un- | done me. ||

17 They came round about me | 3 daily like | water ||

and compassed me to- | 3 gether on | ever•y | side. ||

18 My lovers and friends hast thou | put a- | way • from me ||

and hid mine ac- | quaintance | 3 out of my | sight. ||

Glory | be • to the | Father, ||

and to the Son, | and • to the | Holy | Ghost; ||

As it | was in • the be- | ginning, ||

is now, and ever shall be, * | world with•out | end. A- | men. ||