Psalms 88 : 1 (HCSB)
*A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out before You day and night.
Psalms 88 : 2 (HCSB)
May my prayer reach Your presence; listen to my cry.
Psalms 88 : 3 (HCSB)
For I have had enough troubles, and my life is near Sheol.
Psalms 88 : 4 (HCSB)
I am counted among those going down to the Pit. I am like a man without strength,
Psalms 88 : 5 (HCSB)
abandoned among the dead. I am like the slain lying in the grave, whom You no longer remember, and who are cut off from Your care.
Psalms 88 : 6 (HCSB)
You have put me in the lowest part of the Pit, in the darkest places, in the depths.
Psalms 88 : 7 (HCSB)
Your wrath weighs heavily on me; You have overwhelmed me with all Your waves. Selah
Psalms 88 : 8 (HCSB)
You have distanced my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them. I am shut in and cannot go out.
Psalms 88 : 9 (HCSB)
My eyes are worn out from crying. LORD, I cry out to You all day long; I spread out my hands to You.
Psalms 88 : 10 (HCSB)
Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah
Psalms 88 : 11 (HCSB)
Will Your faithful love be declared in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon?
Psalms 88 : 12 (HCSB)
Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
Psalms 88 : 13 (HCSB)
But I call to You for help, LORD; in the morning my prayer meets You.
Psalms 88 : 14 (HCSB)
LORD, why do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
Psalms 88 : 15 (HCSB)
From my youth, I have been afflicted and near death. I suffer Your horrors; I am desperate.
Psalms 88 : 16 (HCSB)
Your wrath sweeps over me; Your terrors destroy me.
Psalms 88 : 17 (HCSB)
They surround me like water all day long; they close in on me from every side.
Psalms 88 : 18 (HCSB)
You have distanced loved one and neighbor from me; darkness is my *only friend.
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