Psalm 88
1 O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
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 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
2 For my soul is | full of | trouble, ||
and my | life • draweth | nigh un•to the | grave. ||
3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
3 I am counted as one of them that go | down in•to the | pit, ||
and I am even as a | man that | hath no | strength; ||
4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
4 Cast off a- | mong the | dead, ||
like unto them that are | slain, and | lie • in the | grave, ||
who are | 3 out of re- | membrance, ||
and are | cut a- | 3 way from thy | hand. ||
5 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.
5 Thou hast laid me in the | lowest | pit, ||
in a place of | darkness, | 3 and in the | deep. ||
6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
6 Thine indignation | lieth | hard up•on me, ||
and thou hast | vexed • me with | all thy | storms. ||
7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
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. ||
8 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.
9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
9 My sight | faileth for • very | trouble; ||
Lord, I have called daily upon thee, * I have 3 stretched | forth my | hands • unto | thee. ||
10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
10 Dost thou show | wonders a•mong the | dead? ||
or shall the | dead rise | up a•gain, and | praise thee? ||
11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?
11 Shall thy loving-kindness be | showed • in the | grave? ||
or thy | 3 faithfulness | in de- | struction? ||
12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
12 Shall thy wondrous works be | known • in the | dark? ||
and thy righteousness in the | land where | all things • are for- | gotten? ||
13 But unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
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? ||
14 Lord, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
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 fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
16 Thy wrathful dis- | pleasure • goeth | over • me, ||
and the | fear of | thee • hath un- | done me. ||
17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
17 They came round about me | 3 daily like | water, ||
and compassed me to- | 3 gether on | ever•y | side. ||
18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
18 My lovers and friends hast thou | put a- | way • from me, ||
and hid mine ac- | quaintance | 3 out of my | sight. ||
About the Pointing
The text of the Coverdale Psalter follows the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer. The pointing, suitably adapted, is taken from Charles Macpherson, Edward C. Bairstow, and Percy C. Buck, The English Psalter (Novello & Co., 1925).