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Psalms 88:1-9

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Psalm 88

A Petition to Be Saved from Death.

A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the music director; according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.

1Lord, the God of my salvation,

I have cried out by day and in the night before You.

2Let my prayer come before You;

Incline Your ear to my cry!

3For my soul has had enough troubles,

And my life has approached Sheol.

4I am counted among those who go down to the pit;

I have become like a man without strength,

5Abandoned among the dead,

Like the slain who lie in the grave,

Whom You no longer remember,

And they are cut off from Your hand.

6You have put me in the lowest pit,

In dark places, in the depths.

7Your wrath has rested upon me,

And You have afflicted me with all Your waves.

8You have removed my acquaintances far from me;

You have made me an object of loathing to them;

I am shut up and cannot go out.

9My eye grows dim from misery;

I have called upon You every day, Lord;

I have spread out my hands to You.