88:1 A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. Lord, God of my salvation, I cry out before you day and night.
88:2 May my prayer reach your presence; listen to my cry.
88:3 For I have had enough troubles, and my life is near Sheol.
88:4 I am counted among those going down to the Pit. I am like a man without strength,
88:5 abandoned among the dead. I am like the slain lying in the grave, whom you no longer remember, and who are cut off from your care.
88:6 You have put me in the lowest part of the Pit, in the darkest places, in the depths.
88:7 Your wrath weighs heavily on me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.Selah
88:8 You have distanced my friends from me; you have made me repulsive to them. I am shut in and cannot go out.
88:9 My eyes are worn out from crying. Lord, I cry out to you all day long; I spread out my hands to you.
88:10 Do you work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise you?Selah
88:11 Will your faithful love be declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Abaddon?
88:12 Will your wonders be known in the darkness or your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
88:13 But I call to you for help, Lord; in the morning my prayer meets you.
88:14 Lord, why do you reject me? Why do you hide your face from me?
88:15 From my youth, I have been suffering and near death. I suffer your horrors; I am desperate.
88:16 Your wrath sweeps over me; your terrors destroy me.
88:17 They surround me like water all day long; they close in on me from every side.
88:18 You have distanced loved one and neighbor from me; darkness is my only friend.
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