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88:1  A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah. For the music director; according to Mahalath Leannoth. A maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O Yahweh, God of my salvation, I cry out by day and through the night before you.
88:2  Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry.
88:3  For my soul is full with troubles, and my life approaches Sheol.
88:4  I am reckoned with those descending to the pit. I am like a man without strength,
88:5  set free among the dead, like the slain lying in the grave, whom you no longer remember, even those cut off from your hand.
88:6  You have set me in the pit below, in dark places, in the depths.
88:7  Your wrath presses upon me, and you afflict me with all your waves. Selah
88:8  You have removed my acquaintances far from me. You have made me detestable to them. I am confined and cannot go out.
88:9  My eye languishes from misery. I call on you, O Yahweh, every day; I spread out my hands to you.
88:10  Do you work wonders for the dead? Or do the departed spirits rise up to praise you? Selah
88:11  Is your loyal love told in the grave, or your faithfulness in the underworld?
88:12  Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
88:13  But as for me, I cry for help to you, O Yahweh, and in the morning my prayer comes before you.
88:14  Why do you reject my soul, O Yahweh? Why do you hide your face from me?
88:15  I am afflicted and perishing from my youth. I bear your terrors. I am distraught.
88:16  Your burning anger has passed over me; your sudden fears have destroyed me.
88:17  They surround me like water all the day; they circle about me altogether.
88:18  You have removed loved one and friend far from me, my acquaintances far from my darkness.