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Psalms 88

¹O Lord, God of my salvation, I cry out to you by day. I come to you at night.

²Now hear my prayer; listen to my cry.

³For my life is full of troubles, and death draws near.

⁴I am as good as dead, like a strong man with no strength left.

⁵They have left me among the dead, and I lie like a corpse in a grave. I am forgotten, cut off from your care.

⁶You have thrown me into the lowest pit, into the darkest depths.

⁷Your anger weighs me down; with wave after wave you have engulfed me. Interlude

⁸You have driven my friends away by making me repulsive to them. I am in a trap with no way of escape.

⁹My eyes are blinded by my tears. Each day I beg for your help, O Lord; I lift my hands to you for mercy.

¹⁰Are your wonderful deeds of any use to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? Interlude

¹¹Can those in the grave declare your unfailing love? Can they proclaim your faithfulness in the place of destruction?

¹²Can the darkness speak of your wonderful deeds? Can anyone in the land of forgetfulness talk about your righteousness?

¹³O Lord, I cry out to you. I will keep on pleading day by day.

¹⁴O Lord, why do you reject me? Why do you turn your face from me?

¹⁵I have been sick and close to death since my youth. I stand helpless and desperate before your terrors.

¹⁶Your fierce anger has overwhelmed me. Your terrors have paralyzed me.

¹⁷They swirl around me like floodwaters all day long. They have engulfed me completely.

¹⁸You have taken away my companions and loved ones. Darkness is my closest friend.

Psalms 88 (NLT)

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