Psalm 88
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1O LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out to you by day. I come to you at night.1A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
2Now hear my prayer; listen to my cry.2Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
3For my life is full of troubles, and death draws near.3For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
4I am as good as dead, like a strong man with no strength left.4I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
5They have left me among the dead, and I lie like a corpse in a grave. I am forgotten, cut off from your care.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.
6You have thrown me into the lowest pit, into the darkest depths.6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
7Your anger weighs me down; with wave after wave you have engulfed me. Interlude7Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
8You have driven my friends away by making me repulsive to them. I am in a trap with no way of escape.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.
9My eyes are blinded by my tears. Each day I beg for your help, O LORD; I lift my hands to you for mercy.9Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
10Are your wonderful deeds of any use to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? Interlude10Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
11Can those in the grave declare your unfailing love? Can they proclaim your faithfulness in the place of destruction?11Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?
12Can the darkness speak of your wonderful deeds? Can anyone in the land of forgetfulness talk about your righteousness?12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13O LORD, I cry out to you. I will keep on pleading day by day.13But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
14O LORD, why do you reject me? Why do you turn your face from me?14LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
15I have been sick and close to death since my youth. I stand helpless and desperate before your terrors.15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
16Your fierce anger has overwhelmed me. Your terrors have paralyzed me.16Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
17They swirl around me like floodwaters all day long. They have engulfed me completely.17They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
18You have taken away my companions and loved ones. Darkness is my closest friend.18Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com.
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