Psalms 88
New International Version - Psalms 88 << | >> 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150 88:1 O Lord , the God who saves me, day and night I cry out before you. 88:2 May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry. 88:3 For my soul is full of trouble and my life draws near the grave. 88:4 I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like a man without strength. 88:5 I am set apart with the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, who are cut off from your care. 88:6 You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths. 88:7 Your wrath lies heavily upon me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves. 88:8 You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape; 88:9 my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, O Lord , every day; I spread out my hands to you. 88:10 Do you show your wonders to the dead? Do those who are dead rise up and praise you? 88:11 Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction ? 88:12 Are your wonders known in the place of darkness, or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion? 88:13 But I cry to you for help, O Lord ; in the morning my prayer comes before you. 88:14 Why, O Lord , do you reject me and hide your face from me? 88:15 From my youth I have been afflicted and close to death; I have suffered your terrors and am in despair. 88:16 Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me. 88:17 All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me. 88:18 You have taken my companions and loved ones from me; the darkness is my closest friend.