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Psalm 88
Scottish Metrical Psalter (1650)
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Vers 1
Lord God, my Saviour, day and night
before thee cry’d have I.
Before thee let my prayer come;
give ear unto my cry.
before thee cry’d have I.
Before thee let my prayer come;
give ear unto my cry.
Vers 2
For troubles great do fill my soul;
my life draws nigh the grave.
I’m counted with those that go down to pit,
and no strength have.
my life draws nigh the grave.
I’m counted with those that go down to pit,
and no strength have.
Vers 3
Ev’n free among the dead, like them
that slain in grave do lie;
Cut off from thy hand, whom no more
thou hast in memory.
that slain in grave do lie;
Cut off from thy hand, whom no more
thou hast in memory.
Vers 4
Thou hast me laid in lowest pit,
in deeps and darksome caves.
Thy wrath lies hard on me, thou hast
me press’d with all thy waves.
in deeps and darksome caves.
Thy wrath lies hard on me, thou hast
me press’d with all thy waves.
Vers 5
Thou hast put far from me my friends,
thou mad’st them to abhor me;
And I am so shut up, that I
find no evasion for me.
thou mad’st them to abhor me;
And I am so shut up, that I
find no evasion for me.
Vers 6
By reason of affliction
mine eye mourns dolefully:
To thee, Lord, do I call,
and stretch my hands continually.
mine eye mourns dolefully:
To thee, Lord, do I call,
and stretch my hands continually.
Vers 7
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead?
shall they rise, and thee bless?
Shall in the grave thy love be told?
in death thy faithfulness?
shall they rise, and thee bless?
Shall in the grave thy love be told?
in death thy faithfulness?
Vers 8
Shall thy great wonders in the dark,
or shall thy righteousness
Be known to any in the land
of deep forgetfulness?
or shall thy righteousness
Be known to any in the land
of deep forgetfulness?
Vers 9
But, Lord, to thee I cry’d; my pray’r
at morn prevent shall thee.
Why, Lord, dost thou cast off my soul,
and hid’st thy face from me?
at morn prevent shall thee.
Why, Lord, dost thou cast off my soul,
and hid’st thy face from me?
Vers 10
Distress’d am I, and from my youth
I ready am to die;
Thy terrors I have borne, and am
distracted fearfully.
I ready am to die;
Thy terrors I have borne, and am
distracted fearfully.
Vers 11
The dreadful fierceness of thy wrath
quite over me doth go:
Thy terrors great have cut me off,
they did pursue me so.
quite over me doth go:
Thy terrors great have cut me off,
they did pursue me so.
Vers 12
For round about me ev’ry day,
like water, they did roll;
And, gathering together, they
have compassed my soul.
like water, they did roll;
And, gathering together, they
have compassed my soul.
Vers 13
My friends thou hast put far from me,
and him that did me love;
And those that mine acquaintance were
to darkness didst remove.
and him that did me love;
And those that mine acquaintance were
to darkness didst remove.
Scottish Metrical Psalter (1650)
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About this psalm
Psalm 88 is a psalm of Heman and belongs to Book III (Psalm 73–89) of the Psalter.
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