88:1 A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah. For the director of music. By the mahalath leannoth. A maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. Lord, you are the God who saves me. I cry out to you day and night.
88:3 My life is full of troubles, and I am nearly dead.
88:4 They think I am on the way to my grave. I am like a man with no strength.
88:5 I have been left as dead, like a body lying in a grave whom you don’t remember anymore, cut off from your care.
88:6 You have brought me close to death; I am almost in the dark place of the dead.
88:7 You have been very angry with me; all your waves crush me. Selah
88:8 You have taken my friends away from me and have made them hate me. I am trapped and cannot escape.
88:9 My eyes are weak from crying. Lord, I have prayed to you every day; I have lifted my hands in prayer to you.
88:10 Do you show your miracles for the dead? Do their spirits rise up and praise you? Selah
88:11 Will your love be told in the grave? Will your loyalty be told in the place of death?
88:12 Will your miracles be known in the dark grave? Will your goodness be known in the land of forgetfulness?
88:13 But, Lord, I have called out to you for help; every morning I pray to you.
88:14 Lord, why do you reject me? Why do you hide from me?
88:15 I have been weak and dying since I was young. I suffer from your terrors, and I am helpless.
88:16 You have been angry with me, and your terrors have destroyed me.
88:17 They surround me daily like a flood; they are all around me.
88:18 You have taken away my loved ones and friends. Darkness is my only friend.
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