Psalms 88 Comparison: King James Version vs American Standard Version

Psalms 88

¹O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:

²Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;

³For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

⁴I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

⁵Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

⁶Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

⁷Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

⁸Thou 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.

⁹Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

¹⁰Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

¹¹Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

¹²Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

¹³But unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

¹⁴Lord, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

¹⁵I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

¹⁶Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

¹⁷They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

¹⁸Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.

Psalms 88

¹O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee.

²Let my prayer enter into thy presence; Incline thine ear unto my cry.

³For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.

⁴I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help,

⁵Cast off among the dead, Like the slain that lie in the grave, Whom thou rememberest no more, And they are cut off from thy hand.

⁶Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps.

⁷Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. [Selah

⁸Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

⁹Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction: I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah; I have spread forth my hands unto thee.

¹⁰Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are deceased arise and praise thee? [Selah

¹¹Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in Destruction?

¹²Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

¹³But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried; And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.

¹⁴Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul? Why hidest thou thy face from me?

¹⁵I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

¹⁶Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.

¹⁷They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together.

¹⁸Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness.