Psalms 88 : 1 (ERVEN)
A song from the Korah family. To the director: About a painful sickness. A maskil from Heman the Ezrahite. Lord God, you are my Savior. I have been praying to you day and night.
Psalms 88 : 2 (ERVEN)
Please pay attention to my prayers. Listen to my prayers for mercy.
Psalms 88 : 3 (ERVEN)
My soul has had enough of this pain! I am ready to die.
Psalms 88 : 4 (ERVEN)
People already treat me like a dead man, like someone too weak to live.
Psalms 88 : 5 (ERVEN)
Look for me among the dead, like a body in the grave. I am one of those you have forgotten, cut off from you and your care.
Psalms 88 : 6 (ERVEN)
You put me in that hole in the ground. Yes, you put me in that dark place.
Psalms 88 : 7 (ERVEN)
Your anger presses down on me like a heavy weight. It's like one wave after another pounding against me. Selah
Psalms 88 : 8 (ERVEN)
You made my friends leave me. They all avoid me like someone no one wants to touch. Like a prisoner in my house, I cannot go out.
Psalms 88 : 9 (ERVEN)
My eyes hurt from crying. Lord, I pray to you constantly! I lift my arms in prayer to you.
Psalms 88 : 10 (ERVEN)
Do you do miracles for the dead? Do ghosts rise up and praise you? No! Selah
Psalms 88 : 11 (ERVEN)
The dead in their graves cannot talk about your faithful love. People in the world of the dead cannot talk about your faithfulness.
Psalms 88 : 12 (ERVEN)
The dead who lie in darkness cannot see the amazing things you do. Those in the world of the forgotten cannot talk about your goodness.
Psalms 88 : 13 (ERVEN)
Lord, I am asking you to help me! Early each morning I pray to you.
Psalms 88 : 14 (ERVEN)
Lord, why have you abandoned me? Why do you refuse to listen to me?
Psalms 88 : 15 (ERVEN)
I have been sick and weak since I was young. I have suffered your anger, and I am helpless.
Psalms 88 : 16 (ERVEN)
Your anger covers me like a flood. Your attacks are killing me.
Psalms 88 : 17 (ERVEN)
They surround me on every side. I feel like a drowning man.
Psalms 88 : 18 (ERVEN)
You caused my friends and loved ones to leave me. Now darkness is my closest friend.
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