Psalms:87:4: I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.
Psalms:87:5: And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.
Psalms:87:6: The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.
Psalms:87:7: As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee.
Chapter 88
Psalms:88:1: O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
Psalms:88:2: Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
Psalms:88:3: For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
Psalms:88:4: I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
Psalms:88:5: Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
Psalms:88:6: Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
Psalms:88:7: Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
Psalms:88:8: Thou 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.
Psalms:88:9: Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
Psalms:88:10: Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
Psalms:88:11: Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?
Psalms:88:12: Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Psalms:88:13: But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
Psalms:88:14: LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
Psalms:88:15: I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
Psalms:88:16: Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
Psalms:88:17: They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
Psalms:88:18: Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
Chapter 89
Psalms:89:1: I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
Psalms:89:2: For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
Psalms:89:3: I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
Psalms:89:4: Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
Psalms:89:5: And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
Psalms:89:6: For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
