Psalms 88 : 1 (NLV)
O Lord, the God Who saves me, I have cried out before You day and night.
Psalms 88 : 2 (NLV)
Let my prayer come to You. Listen to my cry.
Psalms 88 : 3 (NLV)
For my soul is filled with troubles. And my life comes near the grave.
Psalms 88 : 4 (NLV)
I am added among those who go down into the deep hole. I am like a man without strength.
Psalms 88 : 5 (NLV)
I am left among the dead, like those who have been killed and lie in the grave, whom You remember no more. They are cut off from Your help.
Psalms 88 : 6 (NLV)
You have put me in the deepest hole, in a dark and deep place.
Psalms 88 : 7 (NLV)
Your anger has rested upon me. And You have troubled me with all Your waves.
Psalms 88 : 8 (NLV)
You have taken my good friends far from me. You have made me hated by them. I am shut in and cannot go out.
Psalms 88 : 9 (NLV)
My eyes have become weak because of trouble. I have called to You every day, O Lord. I have spread out my hands to You.
Psalms 88 : 10 (NLV)
Will You show Your great works to the dead? Will the dead rise and praise You?
Psalms 88 : 11 (NLV)
Will Your loving-kindness be told about in the grave, and how faithful You are in the place that destroys?
Psalms 88 : 12 (NLV)
Will Your great works be known in the darkness, and Your right and good works in the land where all is forgotten?
Psalms 88 : 13 (NLV)
But I have cried to You for help, O Lord. My prayer comes to You in the morning.
Psalms 88 : 14 (NLV)
O Lord, why do You turn away from me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
Psalms 88 : 15 (NLV)
I have been troubled and near death since I was young. I have suffered Your punishment. And I cannot win.
Psalms 88 : 16 (NLV)
Your burning anger has passed over me. The punishment You have sent destroys me.
Psalms 88 : 17 (NLV)
They gather around me like water all day long. Together they close in upon me.
Psalms 88 : 18 (NLV)
You have taken my friend and loved one far from me. Friends that were near to me are in darkness.
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