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88:1  A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah. For the director. According to Mahalath. For singing. A maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.
88:2  O Lord, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out to you.
88:3  Let my prayer come before you; give ear to my cry for help.
88:4  For my soul is filled with misery, and my life draws near to the netherworld.
88:5  I am numbered among those who go down to the pit; all strength has failed me.
88:6  I have been abandoned among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, like those whom you remember no longer and whom your hand has abandoned.
88:7  You have lowered me into the depths of the pit, into the darkest regions of the abyss.
88:8  Your wrath lies heavy upon me; all your waves engulf me. Selah
88:9  You have caused my closest friends to shun me and made me hateful in their sight. I am shut in with no means of escape,
88:10  and my eyes grow dim with my suffering. Every day I call out to you, O Lord, and spread out my hands to you.
88:11  Do you perform wonders for the dead? Do the shades rise up and give you praise? Selah
88:12  Is your kindness celebrated in the grave, or your faithfulness in the tomb?
88:13  Are your wonders known in the region of darkness, or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?
88:14  But for my part, I cry out to you, O Lord; in the morning my prayer rises before you.
88:15  Why do you cast me away, O Lord? Why do you hide your face from me?
88:16  Since infancy I have been wretched and close to death; I have borne your terrors and have now reached the point of exhaustion.
88:17  Your wrath has weighed down upon me; your terrors have destroyed me.
88:18  All day long they surround me like a flood; they encircle me completely.
88:19  You have caused my friends and neighbors to shun me; my sole companion now is darkness.