88:1 O LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried out by day and in the night before You. |
88:2 Let my prayer come before You; Incline Your ear to my cry! |
88:3 For my soul has had enough troubles, And my life has drawn near to Sheol. |
88:4 I am reckoned among those who go down to the pit; I have become like a man without strength, |
88:5 Forsaken among the dead, Like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom You remember no more, And they are cut off from Your hand. |
88:6 You have put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the depths. |
88:7 Your wrath has rested upon me, And You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah. |
88:8 You have removed my acquaintances far from me; You have made me an object of loathing to them; I am shut up and cannot go out. |
88:9 My eye has wasted away because of affliction; I have called upon You every day, O LORD; I have spread out my hands to You. |
88:10 Will You perform wonders for the dead? Will the departed spirits rise {and} praise You? Selah. |
88:11 Will Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon? |
88:12 Will Your wonders be made known in the darkness? And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? |
88:13 But I, O LORD, have cried out to You for help, And in the morning my prayer comes before You. |
88:14 O LORD, why do You reject my soul? {Why} do You hide Your face from me? |
88:15 I was afflicted and about to die from my youth on; I suffer Your terrors; I am overcome. |
88:16 Your burning anger has passed over me; Your terrors have destroyed me. |
88:17 They have surrounded me like water all day long; They have encompassed me altogether. |
88:18 You have removed lover and friend far from me; My acquaintances are {in} darkness. |