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88:1  O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried 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 draweth nigh unto the grave.
88:4  I am counted with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no strength,
88:5  cast among the dead like the slain that lie in the grave, whom Thou rememberest no more, and who 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 lieth 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  mine eye mourneth 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 lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or Thy faithfulness in destruction?
88:12  Shall Thy wonders be known in the dark? 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 castest Thou off my soul? Why hidest Thou Thy face from me?
88:15  I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up; while I suffer Thy terrors I am distraught.
88:16  Thy fierce wrath goeth 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  Lover and friend hast Thou put far from me, and mine acquaintances into darkness.