Psalms 88:1
O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee.
Psalms 88:2
Let my prayer enter into thy presence. Incline thine ear to my cry.
Psalms 88:3
For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
Psalms 88:4
I am reckoned with those who go down into the pit. I am as a man who has no help,
Psalms 88:5
cast off among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom thou remember no more, and they are cut off from thy hand.
Psalms 88:6
Thou have laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the deeps.
Psalms 88:7
Thy wrath lays hard upon me, and thou have afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
Psalms 88:8
Thou have put my acquaintances far from me. Thou have made me an abomination to them. I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
Psalms 88:9
My eye wastes away because of affliction. I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah, I have spread forth my hands to thee.
Psalms 88:10
Will thou show wonders to the dead? Shall those who are deceased arise and praise thee? Selah.
Psalms 88:11
Shall thy loving kindness be declared in the grave, or thy faithfulness in destruction?
Psalms 88:12
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark, and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Psalms 88:13
But to thee, O Jehovah, I have cried, and in the morning my prayer shall come before thee.
Psalms 88:14
Jehovah, why do thou cast off my soul? Why do thou hide thy face from me?
Psalms 88:15
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer thy terrors I am confounded.
Psalms 88:16
Thy fierce wrath has gone over me. Thy terrors have cut me off.
Psalms 88:17
They came round about me like water all the day long. They encompassed me around together.
Psalms 88:18
Thou have put beloved and friend far from me, and my acquaintances into darkness.