Psalm 88

Prayer for Help in Despondency

A Song. A Psalm of the Korahites. To the leader: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.
¹O Lord, God of my salvation,
   when, at night, I cry out in your presence,
²let my prayer come before you;
   incline your ear to my cry.

³For my soul is full of troubles,
   and my life draws near to Sheol.
⁴I am counted among those who go down to the Pit;
   I am like those who have no help,
⁵like those forsaken among the dead,
   like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom you remember no more,
   for they are cut off from your hand.
⁶You have put me in the depths of the Pit,
   in the regions dark and deep.
⁷Your wrath lies heavy upon me,
   and you overwhelm me with all your waves.
          Selah