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Psalm 88

¶ A ſong or Pſalme of Heman the Ezrahite to giue inſtruction, committed to the ſonnes of Kórah for him that excelleth vpon Mahaláth Leannoth.
1.O Lord God of my ſaluació, I crye day and night before thee.
2.Let my prayer enter into thy preſence: incline thine eare vnto my crye.
3.For my ſoule is filled with euils, and my life draweth nere to the graue.
4.I am counted among them that go downe vnto the pit, and am as a man without ſtrength:
5.Fre amõg the dead, like the ſlaine lying in the graue, whome thou remembreſt no more, and they are cut of from thine hand.
6.Thou haſt laied me in the loweſt pit, in darkenes, & in the depe.
7.Thine indignation lieth vpon me, and thou haſt vexed me with all thy waues. Sélah.
8.Thou haſt put away mine acquaintance farre frõ me, & made me to be abhorred of them: I am ſhut vp, and can not get forthe.
9.Mine eye is ſorowful through mine affliction: Lord, I call daiely vpon thee: I ſtretche out mine hands vnto thee.
10.Wilt thou ſhewe a miracle to ye dead? or ſhal the dead riſe & praiſe thee? Sélah.
11.Shal thy louing kindenes be declared in the graue? or thy faithfulnes in deſtruction?
12.Shal thy wonderous workes be knowen in the darke? and thy righteouſnes in the land of obliuion?
13.But vnto thee haue I cryed, ô Lord, and early ſhal my praier come before thee.
14.Lord, why doeſt thou reiect my ſoule, & hideſt thy face from me?
15.I am afflicted and at the point of death: from my youth I ſuffer thy terrours, douting of my life.
16.Thine indignations go ouer me, & thy feare hathe cut me of.
17.They came round about me daiely like water, & compaſſed me together.
18.My louers and friends haſt thou put away from me, and mine acquaintance hid them ſelues.

Notes

1:*.
1 King. 4,31. pſal. 53.
1:a.
That is, to humble. It was ye beginning of a ſong, by the tune whereof this Pſalme was ſung.
1:b.
Thogh many crie in their ſorowes, yet they crie not earneſtly to God for remedie as he did: whome he cõfeſſed to be ye autor of his ſaluacion.
5:c.
For he that is dead, is fre from all cares & buſines of this life: & thus he ſaith becauſe he was vnprofitable for all matters concerning mãs life, and as it were cut of frõ this worlde.
5:d.
That is, frõ thy prouidence & care, as it ment according to ye iudgemẽt of the fleſh.
7:e.
The ſtormes of thy wrath haue ouerwhelmed me.
8:f.
He attributeth ye loſſe & diſpleaſure of his friends to Gods prouidẽce, whereby he partely puniſheth and partely trieth his.
8:g.
I ſe none end of my ſorowes.
9:h.
Mine eies & face declare my ſorowes.
10:i.
He ſheweth ye the time is more cõueniẽt for God to helpe, whẽ we call vnto him in their dãgers thẽ to tary til thei be dead & then raiſe thẽ vp againe.
12:k.
That is, in ye graue, where onely the bodie lieth without all ſenſe and remembrance.
15:l.
I am euer in great dangers & ſorowes, as thogh my life ſhulde vtterly be cut of euerie moment.
18:".
Ebr. were in darknes.