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88:1  O Lord, the God Who saves me, I have cried out before You day and night.
88:2  Let my prayer come to You. Listen to my cry.
88:3  For my soul is filled with troubles. And my life comes near the grave.
88:4  I am added among those who go down into the deep hole. I am like a man without strength.
88:5  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.
88:6  You have put me in the deepest hole, in a dark and deep place.
88:7  Your anger has rested upon me. And You have troubled me with all Your waves.
88:8  You have taken my good friends far from me. You have made me hated by them. I am shut in and cannot go out.
88:9  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.
88:10  Will You show Your great works to the dead? Will the dead rise and praise You?
88:11  Will Your loving-kindness be told about in the grave, and how faithful You are in the place that destroys?
88:12  Will Your great works be known in the darkness, and Your right and good works in the land where all is forgotten?
88:13  But I have cried to You for help, O Lord. My prayer comes to You in the morning.
88:14  O Lord, why do You turn away from me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
88:15  I have been troubled and near death since I was young. I have suffered Your punishment. And I cannot win.
88:16  Your burning anger has passed over me. The punishment You have sent destroys me.
88:17  They gather around me like water all day long. Together they close in upon me.
88:18  You have taken my friend and loved one far from me. Friends that were near to me are in darkness.