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88:1  This psalm is a song that the sons of Korah wrote for the music leader. Use special music. It is a special song by Heman the Ezrahite. Lord, you are the God who rescues me. I call out to you in the day, and I pray for help at night.
88:2  Please listen to my prayer! I am calling to you for help!
88:3  There is a lot of trouble in my life. I feel that I am near to death.
88:4  People see me as if I am already in my grave. I feel completely helpless.
88:5  I am the same as people who have died. Their bodies already lie in their graves. You do not remember them any more You cannot use your power to help them.
88:6  You have put me in the deep hole of death, far down in a very dark place.
88:7  Your anger is very heavy on me. It is like the waves of the sea that knock me down.
88:8  You have caused my best friends to keep away from me. They do not even want to look at me. A trap has caught me and I cannot escape.
88:9  My eyes have become weak because I am so sad. Lord, every day I call to you for help. I lift my hands up to you as I pray.
88:10  Your great miracles do not help dead people! Dead people cannot get up and praise you! Selah.
88:11  People in their graves cannot talk about your faithful love! In the world of death, they cannot say how faithful you are.
88:12  In those dark places, they do not see your miracles. In that place where people forget everything, they cannot know about the good things that you do.
88:13  But as for me, Lord, I call to you for help. Every morning I pray to you.
88:14  Lord, why do you throw me out? Why do you turn away from me?
88:15  Since I was young, I have been in pain. I have always been near to death. You have caused bad troubles to frighten me, so that I feel helpless.
88:16  Your anger is too much for me! You are attacking me and destroying me!
88:17  The troubles that you send are all round me, like a flood of deep water. They come very near to me, on every side.
88:18  You cause my friends and my neighbours to stay away from me. All that I have near to me is darkness.