Psalms 88 : 1 (NET)
*A song, a psalm written by the Korahites; for the music director; according to the machalath-leannoth style; a well-written song by Heman the Ezrachite. O LORD God who delivers me! By day I cry out and at night I pray before you.
Psalms 88 : 2 (NET)
Listen to my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help!
Psalms 88 : 3 (NET)
For my life is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol.
Psalms 88 : 4 (NET)
They treat me like those who descend into the grave. I am like a helpless man,
Psalms 88 : 5 (NET)
adrift among the dead, like corpses lying in the grave, whom you remember no more, and who are cut off from your power.
Psalms 88 : 6 (NET)
You place me in the lowest regions of the pit, in the dark places, in the watery depths.
Psalms 88 : 7 (NET)
Your anger bears down on me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. (Selah)
Psalms 88 : 8 (NET)
You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.
Psalms 88 : 9 (NET)
My eyes grow weak because of oppression. I call out to you, O LORD, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you.
Psalms 88 : 10 (NET)
Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and give you thanks? (Selah)
Psalms 88 : 11 (NET)
Is your loyal love proclaimed in the grave, or your faithfulness in the place of the dead?
Psalms 88 : 12 (NET)
Are your amazing deeds experienced in the dark region, or your deliverance in the land of oblivion?
Psalms 88 : 13 (NET)
As for me, I cry out to you, O LORD; in the morning my prayer confronts you.
Psalms 88 : 14 (NET)
O LORD, why do you reject me, and pay no attention to me?
Psalms 88 : 15 (NET)
I am oppressed and have been on the verge of death since my youth. I have been subjected to your horrors and am numb with pain.
Psalms 88 : 16 (NET)
Your anger overwhelms me; your terrors destroy me.
Psalms 88 : 17 (NET)
They surround me like water all day long; they join forces and encircle me.
Psalms 88 : 18 (NET)
You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance; those who know me leave me alone in the darkness.
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