Archive THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (Psalm 1 to 150)

[Cosia]

Psalm 87:4 (NLT)
I will count Egypt and Babylon among those who know me -
also Philistia and Tyre, and even distant Ethiopia.
They have all become citizens of Jerusalem!

 

[Cosia]

Psalm 87:5 (NLT)
Regarding Jerusalem it will be said,
"Everyone enjoys the rights of citizenship there."
And the Most High will personally bless this city.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Psalm 88:1 (NLT) - 1 O LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out to you by day. I come to you at night.

 

[Cosia]

Psalm 87:6 (NLT)
When the LORD registers the nations, he will say,
"They have all become citizens of Jerusalem." Interlude

 

[Pastor Gary]

Psalm 88:2-3 (NLT) -
2 Now hear my prayer; listen to my cry.
3 For my life is full of troubles, and death draws near.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Psalm 88:4 (NLT) - 4 I am as good as dead, like a strong man with no strength left.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Psalm 88:5 (NLT) - 5 They have left me among the dead, and I lie like a corpse in a grave. I am forgotten, cut off from your care.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Psalm 88:6 (NLT)

6 You have thrown me into the lowest pit, into the darkest depths.

 

[Cosia]

Psalm 87:7 (NLT)
The people will play flutes and sing,
"The source of my life springs from Jerusalem."

 

[PaducahLuke]

Psalm 88:7 (NLT)

7 Your anger weighs me down; with wave after wave you have engulfed me. Interlude

 

[Cosia]

Psalm 88:8 (NLT)
You have driven my friend's away
by making me repulsive to them.
I am in a trap with no way of escape.

 

[Cosia]

Psalm 88:9 (NLT)
My eyes are blinded by my tears.
Each day I beg for your help, O LORD;
I lift my hands to you for mercy.

 

[Cosia]

Psalm 88:10 (NLT)
Are your wonderful deeds any use to the Dead?
Do the dead rise up and praise you?
Interlude

 

[Cosia]

Psalm88:11 (NLT)
can those in the Grave declare your unfailing love?
Can they proclaim your faithfulness in the place of destruction?

 

[Cosia]

Psalm 88:12 (NLT)
Can the darkness speak of your wonderful deeds?
can anyone in the land of forgetfulness talk about your righteousness?

 

[PaducahLuke]

Psalm 88:13-14 (NLT)

13 O LORD, I cry out to you. I will keep on pleading day by day.
14 O LORD, why do you reject me? Why do you turn your face from me?

 

[PaducahLuke]

Psalm 88:15 (NLT)

15 I have been sick and close to death since my youth. I stand helpless and desperate before your terrors.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Psalm 88:16 (NLT)

16 Your fierce anger has overwhelmed me. Your terrors have paralyzed me.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Psalm 88:17 (NLT) - 17 They swirl around me like floodwaters all day long. They have engulfed me completely.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Psalm 88:18 (NLT) - 18 You have taken away my companions and loved ones. Darkness is my closest friend.