# Psalm 88 ## Psalm 88:1 - [KJV] O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day *and* night before thee: - [ASV] O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee. - [YLT] O Jehovah, God of my salvation, Daily I have cried, nightly before Thee, ### Notes on Psalm 88:1 - ## Psalm 88:2 - [KJV] Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; - [ASV] Let my prayer enter into thy presence; Incline thine ear unto my cry. - [YLT] My prayer cometh in before Thee, Incline Thine ear to my loud cry, ### Notes on Psalm 88:2 - ## Psalm 88:3 - [KJV] For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. - [ASV] For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol. - [YLT] For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol. ### Notes on Psalm 88:3 - ## Psalm 88:4 - [KJV] I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man *that hath* no strength: - [ASV] I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help, - [YLT] I have been reckoned with those going down *to* the pit, I have been as a man without strength. ### Notes on Psalm 88:4 - ## Psalm 88:5 - [KJV] Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. - [ASV] Cast off among the dead, Like the slain that lie in the grave, Whom thou rememberest no more, And they are cut off from thy hand. - [YLT] 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. ### Notes on Psalm 88:5 - ## Psalm 88:6 - [KJV] Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. - [ASV] Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps. - [YLT] Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths. ### Notes on Psalm 88:6 - ## Psalm 88:7 - [KJV] Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted *me* with all thy waves. Selah. - [ASV] Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. *Selah* - [YLT] Upon me hath Thy fury lain, And *with* all Thy breakers Thou hast afflicted. Selah. ### Notes on Psalm 88:7 - ## Psalm 88:8 - [KJV] Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: *I am* shut up, and I cannot come forth. - [ASV] Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. - [YLT] Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me, Thou hast made me an abomination to them, Shut up -- I go not forth. ### Notes on Psalm 88:8 - ## Psalm 88:9 - [KJV] Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee. - [ASV] Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction: I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah; I have spread forth my hands unto thee. - [YLT] Mine eye hath grieved because of affliction, I called Thee, O Jehovah, all the day, I have spread out unto Thee my hands. ### Notes on Psalm 88:9 - ## Psalm 88:10 - [KJV] Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise *and* praise thee? Selah. - [ASV] Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are deceased arise and praise thee? *Selah* - [YLT] To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? Selah. ### Notes on Psalm 88:10 - ## Psalm 88:11 - [KJV] Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? *or* thy faithfulness in destruction? - [ASV] Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in Destruction? - [YLT] Is Thy kindness recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness in destruction? ### Notes on Psalm 88:11 - ## Psalm 88:12 - [KJV] Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? - [ASV] Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? - [YLT] Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? ### Notes on Psalm 88:12 - ## Psalm 88:13 - [KJV] But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. - [ASV] But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried; And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee. - [YLT] And I, unto Thee, O Jehovah, I have cried, And in the morning doth my prayer come before Thee. ### Notes on Psalm 88:13 - ## Psalm 88:14 - [KJV] LORD, why castest thou off my soul? *why* hidest thou thy face from me? - [ASV] Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul? Why hidest thou thy face from me? - [YLT] Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me. ### Notes on Psalm 88:14 - ## Psalm 88:15 - [KJV] I *am* afflicted and ready to die from *my* youth up: *while* I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. - [ASV] I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. - [YLT] I *am* afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors -- I pine away. ### Notes on Psalm 88:15 - ## Psalm 88:16 - [KJV] Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off. - [ASV] Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off. - [YLT] Over me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off, ### Notes on Psalm 88:16 - ## Psalm 88:17 - [KJV] They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together. - [ASV] They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together. - [YLT] They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together, ### Notes on Psalm 88:17 - ## Psalm 88:18 - [KJV] Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, *and* mine acquaintance into darkness. - [ASV] Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness. - [YLT] Thou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance *is* the place of darkness! ### Notes on Psalm 88:18 -