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88:1  A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the Overcomer: to sing upon Mahalath, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD God of my saving health, I cry day and night before Thee;
88:2  let my prayer come before thee; incline thine ear unto my cry;
88:3  for my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near unto Sheol.
88:4  I am counted with those that go down into the pit; I am as a man that has no strength:
88:5  Freed among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou dost remember no more; and they are cut off from thy hand.
88:6  Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
88:7  Thy wrath lies hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
88:8  Thou hast put away mine acquaintances far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them; I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
88:9  My eye mourns by reason of affliction; LORD, I have called daily upon thee; I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
88:10  Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
88:11  Shall thy mercy be declared in the grave? or thy truth in hell?
88:12  Shall thy wonder be known in darkness? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
88:13  But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.
88:14  LORD, why dost thou cast off my soul? why dost thou hide thy face from me?
88:15  I am afflicted and destitute; from my youth up I have feared thee and been in awe of thee.
88:16  Thy fierce wrath goes over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
88:17  They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
88:18  Thou hast put lover and friend far from me, and placed my acquaintances into darkness.