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88:1  A song of the sons of Korah. For the director of music. By the mahalath leannoth. A maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. Lord, you are the God who saves me. I cry out to you day and night.
88:2  Accept my prayer. Listen to my cry.
88:3  My life is full of troubles. I am nearly dead.
88:4  They think I am on the way to my grave. I am like a man with no strength.
88:5  I have been left as dead, like a body lying in a grave. You don’t remember dead people. They are cut off from your care.
88:6  You have brought me close to death. I am almost in the dark place of the dead.
88:7  You have been very angry with me. All your waves crush me. Selah
88:8  You have taken my friends away from me. You have made them hate me. I am trapped and cannot escape.
88:9  My eyes are weak from crying. Lord, I have prayed to you every day. I have lifted my hands in prayer to you.
88:10  Do you show your miracles for the dead? Do their spirits rise up and praise you? Selah
88:11  Will your love be told in the grave? Will your loyalty be told in the place of death?
88:12  Will your miracles be known in the dark grave? Will your goodness be known in the land where the dead are forgotten?
88:13  But, Lord, I have called out to you for help. Every morning I pray to you.
88:14  Lord, why do you reject me? Why do you hide from me?
88:15  I have been weak and dying since I was young. I suffer from your terrors, and I am helpless.
88:16  You have been angry with me. Your terrors have destroyed me.
88:17  They surround me daily like a flood. They are all around me.
88:18  You have taken away my loved ones and friends. Darkness is my only friend.