Psalms 88 : 1 (NLT)
O LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out to you by day. I come to you at night.
Psalms 88 : 2 (NLT)
Now hear my prayer; listen to my cry.
Psalms 88 : 3 (NLT)
For my life is full of troubles, and death draws near.
Psalms 88 : 4 (NLT)
I am as good as dead, like a strong man with no strength left.
Psalms 88 : 5 (NLT)
They have left me among the dead, and I lie like a corpse in a grave. I am forgotten, cut off from your care.
Psalms 88 : 6 (NLT)
You have thrown me into the lowest pit, into the darkest depths.
Psalms 88 : 7 (NLT)
Your anger weighs me down; with wave after wave you have engulfed me. Interlude
Psalms 88 : 8 (NLT)
You have driven my friends away by making me repulsive to them. I am in a trap with no way of escape.
Psalms 88 : 9 (NLT)
My eyes are blinded by my tears. Each day I beg for your help, O LORD; I lift my hands to you for mercy.
Psalms 88 : 10 (NLT)
Are your wonderful deeds of any use to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? Interlude
Psalms 88 : 11 (NLT)
Can those in the grave declare your unfailing love? Can they proclaim your faithfulness in the place of destruction?
Psalms 88 : 12 (NLT)
Can the darkness speak of your wonderful deeds? Can anyone in the land of forgetfulness talk about your righteousness?
Psalms 88 : 13 (NLT)
O LORD, I cry out to you. I will keep on pleading day by day.
Psalms 88 : 14 (NLT)
O LORD, why do you reject me? Why do you turn your face from me?
Psalms 88 : 15 (NLT)
I have been sick and close to death since my youth. I stand helpless and desperate before your terrors.
Psalms 88 : 16 (NLT)
Your fierce anger has overwhelmed me. Your terrors have paralyzed me.
Psalms 88 : 17 (NLT)
They swirl around me like floodwaters all day long. They have engulfed me completely.
Psalms 88 : 18 (NLT)
You have taken away my companions and loved ones. Darkness is my closest friend. A psalm of Ethan the Ezrahite.
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