Psalm 88

New King James Version

A Prayer for Help in Despondency

A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. To the Chief Musician. Set to “Mahalath Leannoth.” A ^[a]Contemplation of ^(A)Heman the Ezrahite.

88 O Lord, ^(B)God of my salvation,
I have cried out day and night before You.
²Let my prayer come before You;
^[b]Incline Your ear to my cry.

³For my soul is full of troubles,
And my life ^(C)draws near to the grave.
⁴I am counted with those who ^(D)go^[c] down to the pit;
^(E)I am like a man who has no strength,
⁵^[d]Adrift among the dead,
Like the slain who lie in the grave,
Whom You remember no more,
And who are cut off from Your hand.

⁶You have laid me in the lowest pit,
In darkness, in the depths.
⁷Your wrath lies heavy upon me,
And You have afflicted me with all ^(F)Your waves. Selah
⁸^(G)You have ^[e]put away my acquaintances far from me;
You have made me an abomination to them;
^(H)I am shut up, and I cannot get out;
⁹My eye wastes away because of affliction.

^(I)Lord, I have called daily upon You;
I have stretched out my hands to You.
¹⁰Will You work wonders for the dead?
Shall ^[f]the dead arise and praise You? Selah
¹¹Shall Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave?
Or Your faithfulness in the place of destruction?
¹²Shall Your wonders be known in the dark?
And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

¹³But to You I have cried out, O Lord,
And in the morning my prayer comes before You.
¹⁴Lord, why do You cast off my soul?
Why do You hide Your face from me?
¹⁵I have been afflicted and ready to die from my youth;
I suffer Your terrors;
I am distraught.
¹⁶Your fierce wrath has gone over me;
Your terrors have ^[g]cut me off.
¹⁷They came around me all day long like water;
They engulfed me altogether.
¹⁸^(J)Loved one and friend You have put far from me,
And my acquaintances into darkness.

Footnotes

Psalm 88:1 Heb. Maschil
Psalm 88:2 Listen to
Psalm 88:4 Die
Psalm 88:5 Lit. Free
Psalm 88:8 taken away my friends
Psalm 88:10 shades, ghosts
Psalm 88:16 destroyed me

Hebrews 1

New King James Version

God’s Supreme Revelation^(A)

1 God, who ^[a]at various times and ^(B)in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, ²has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the ^[b]worlds; ³^(C)who being the brightness of His glory and the express ^(D)image of His person, and ^(E)upholding all things by the word of His power, ^(F)when He had ^[c]by Himself ^[d]purged ^[e]our sins, ^(G)sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, ⁴having become so much better than the angels, as ^(H)He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

The Son Exalted Above Angels

⁵For to which of the angels did He ever say:

^(I)“You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You”?

And again:

^(J)“I will be to Him a Father,
And He shall be to Me a Son”?

⁶But when He again brings ^(K)the firstborn into the world, He says:

^(L)“Let all the angels of God worship Him.”

⁷And of the angels He says:

^(M)“Who makes His angels spirits
And His ministers a flame of fire.”

⁸But to the Son He says:

^(N)“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
A ^[f]scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
⁹You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness;
Therefore God, Your God, ^(O)has anointed You
With the oil of gladness more than Your companions.”

¹⁰And:

^(P)“You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth,
And the heavens are the work of Your hands.
¹¹^(Q)They will perish, but You remain;
And ^(R)they will all grow old like a garment;
¹²Like a cloak You will fold them up,
And they will be changed.
But You are the ^(S)same,
And Your years will not fail.”