Psalms 88 : 1 (NCV)
Lord, you are the God who saves me. I cry out to you day and night.
Psalms 88 : 2 (NCV)
Receive my prayer, and listen to my cry.
Psalms 88 : 3 (NCV)
My life is full of troubles, and I am nearly dead.
Psalms 88 : 4 (NCV)
They think I am on the way to my grave. I am like a man with no strength.
Psalms 88 : 5 (NCV)
I have been left as dead, like a body lying in a grave whom you don't remember anymore, cut off from your care.
Psalms 88 : 6 (NCV)
You have brought me close to death; I am almost in the dark place of the dead.
Psalms 88 : 7 (NCV)
You have been very angry with me; all your waves crush me.Selah
Psalms 88 : 8 (NCV)
You have taken my friends away from me and have made them hate me. I am trapped and cannot escape.
Psalms 88 : 9 (NCV)
My eyes are weak from crying. Lord, I have prayed to you every day; I have lifted my hands in prayer to you.
Psalms 88 : 10 (NCV)
Do you show your miracles for the dead? Do their spirits rise up and praise you?Selah
Psalms 88 : 11 (NCV)
Will your love be told in the grave? Will your loyalty be told in the place of death?
Psalms 88 : 12 (NCV)
Will your miracles be known in the dark grave? Will your goodness be known in the land of forgetfulness?
Psalms 88 : 13 (NCV)
But, Lord, I have called out to you for help; every morning I pray to you.
Psalms 88 : 14 (NCV)
Lord, why do you reject me? Why do you hide from me?
Psalms 88 : 15 (NCV)
I have been weak and dying since I was young. I suffer from your terrors, and I am helpless.
Psalms 88 : 16 (NCV)
You have been angry with me, and your terrors have destroyed me.
Psalms 88 : 17 (NCV)
They surround me daily like a flood; they are all around me.
Psalms 88 : 18 (NCV)
You have taken away my loved ones and friends. Darkness is my only friend. A maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
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