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88:1  Lord, God of my salvation, by day I cry out, even at night, before you—
88:2  let my prayer reach you! Turn your ear to my outcry
88:3  because my whole being is filled with distress; my life is at the very brink of hell.
88:4  I am considered as one of those plummeting into the pit. I am like those who are beyond help,
88:5  drifting among the dead, lying in the grave, like dead bodies— those you don’t remember anymore, those who are cut off from your power.
88:6  You placed me down in the deepest pit, in places dark and deep.
88:7  Your anger smothers me; you subdue me with it, wave after wave. Selah
88:8  You’ve made my friends distant. You’ve made me disgusting to them. I can’t escape. I’m trapped!
88:9  My eyes are tired of looking at my suffering. I’ve been calling out to you every day, Lord— I’ve had my hands outstretched to you!
88:10  Do you work wonders for the dead? Do ghosts rise up and give you thanks? Selah
88:11  Is your faithful love proclaimed in the grave, your faithfulness in the underworld?
88:12  Are your wonders known in the land of darkness, your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
88:13  But I cry out to you, Lord! My prayer meets you first thing in the morning!
88:14  Why do you reject my very being, Lord? Why do you hide your face from me?
88:15  Since I was young I’ve been afflicted, I’ve been dying. I’ve endured your terrors. I’m lifeless.
88:16  Your fiery anger has overwhelmed me; your terrors have destroyed me.
88:17  They surround me all day long like water; they engulf me completely.
88:18  You’ve made my loved ones and companions distant. My only friend is darkness.