Psalms
88
- O LORD, the God who saves me, day and night
I cry out before you.
- May my prayer come before you; turn your
ear to my cry.
- For my soul is full of trouble and my life
draws near the grave.
- I am counted among those who go down to the
pit; I am like a man without strength.
- I am set apart with the dead, like the slain
who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, who are cut off from your
care.
- You have put me in the lowest pit, in the
darkest depths.
- Your wrath lies heavily upon me; you have
overwhelmed me with all your waves. Selah
- You have taken from me my closest friends
and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape;
- my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you,
O LORD, every day; I spread out my hands to you.
- Do you show your wonders to the dead? Do
those who are dead rise up and praise you ? Selah
- Is your love declared in the grave, your
faithfulness in Destruction ?
- Are your wonders known in the place of darkness,
or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion ?
- But I cry to you for help, O LORD; in the
morning my prayer comes before you.
- Why, O LORD, do you reject me and hide your
face from me ?
- From my youth I have been afflicted and close
to death; I have suffered your terrors and am in despair.
- Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors
have destroyed me.
- All day long they surround me like a flood;
they have completely engulfed me.
- You have taken my companions and loved ones
from me; the darkness is my closest friend.
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