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88:1  [A song; a psalm by Korah's descendants; for the choir director; according to [mahalath leannoth]; a [maskil] by Heman the Ezrahite.] O LORD God, my savior, I cry out to you during the day and at night.
88:2  Let my prayer come into your presence. Turn your ear to hear my cries.
88:3  My soul is filled with troubles, and my life comes closer to the grave.
88:4  I am numbered with those who go into the pit. I am like a man without any strength-
88:5  abandoned with the dead, like those who have been killed and lie in graves, like those whom you no longer remember, who are cut off from your power.
88:6  You have put me in the bottom of the pit- in deep, dark places.
88:7  Your rage lies heavily on me. You make all your waves pound on me. [Selah]
88:8  You have taken my friends far away from me. You made me disgusting to them. I'm shut in, and I can't get out.
88:9  My eyes grow weak because of my suffering. All day long I call out to you, O LORD. I stretch out my hands to you [in prayer].
88:10  Will you perform miracles for those who are dead? Will the spirits of the dead rise and give thanks to you? [Selah]
88:11  Will anyone tell about your mercy in Sheol or about your faithfulness in Abaddon?
88:12  Will anyone know about your miracles in that dark place or about your righteousness in the place where forgotten people live?
88:13  I cry out to you for help, O LORD, and in the morning my prayer will come into your presence.
88:14  Why do you reject my soul, O LORD? Why do you hide your face from me?
88:15  Ever since I was young, I have been suffering and near death. I have endured your terrors, and now I am in despair.
88:16  Your burning anger has swept over me. Your terrors have destroyed me.
88:17  They swirl around me all day long like water. They surround me on all sides.
88:18  You have taken my loved ones and friends far away from me. Darkness is my only friend!