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Psalm 88 - New International Version, 2011 bible

Psalm 88

¹A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah. For the director of music. According to mahalath leannoth. [165] A maskil [166] of Heman the Ezrahite. [1] LORD, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you.

²May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry.

³I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life draws near to death.

⁴I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like one without strength.

⁵I 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.

⁶You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.

⁷Your wrath lies heavily on me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves. [167]

⁸You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape;

⁹my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, LORD, every day; I spread out my hands to you.

¹⁰Do you show your wonders to the dead? Do their spirits rise up and praise you?

¹¹Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction [168]?

¹²Are your wonders known in the place of darkness, or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?

¹³But I cry to you for help, LORD; in the morning my prayer comes before you.

¹⁴Why, LORD, do you reject me and hide your face from me?

¹⁵From my youth I have suffered and been close to death; I have borne your terrors and am in despair.

¹⁶Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me.

¹⁷All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me.

¹⁸You have taken from me friend and neighbor — darkness is my closest friend.