Psalms 87
1O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried by day and in the night before you. 1
2Let my prayer come in before you; incline your ear to my supplication, O Lord. 1
3For my soul is filled with troubles, and my life has drawn near to Hades. 1
4I have been reckoned with them that go down to the pit; I became as a man without help; 1
5free amongst the dead, as the slain ones + 87:5 Alex. om. ἐῤῥιμμένοι, cast out. cast out, who sleep in the tomb; whom you remember no more; and they are rejected from your hand. 1
6They laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, and in the shadow of death. 1
7Your wrath has pressed heavily upon me, and you have brought upon me all your billows. Pause. 1
8You have removed my acquaintance far from me; they have made me an abomination to themselves; I have been delivered up, and have not gone forth. 1
9My eyes are dimmed from poverty; but I cried to you, O Lord, all the day; I spread forth my hands to you. 1
10Will you work wonders for the dead? or shall + 87:10 See Heb. physicians raise them up, that they shall praise you? 1
11Shall any one declare your mercy in the tomb? and your truth in destruction? 1
12Shall your wonders be known in darkness? and your righteousness in a forgotten land? 1
13But I cried to you, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent you. 1
14Therefore, O Lord, do you reject my + 87:14 Heb. and Alex. soul. prayer, and turn your face away from me? 1
15I am poor and in troubles from my youth; and having been exalted, I was brought low and into + 87:15 See 2 Cor 4:8. despair. 1
16Your wrath has passed over me; and your terrors have greatly disquieted me. 1
17They compassed me like water; all the day they beset me together. 1
18You have put far from me + 87:18 Alex. friend and neighbour. every friend, and my acquaintances because of my wretchedness.