Psalms 88 / 150
- 1O LORD , the God who saves me, day and night I cry out before you.
- 2May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry.
- 3For my soul is full of trouble and my life draws near the grave.
- 4I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like a man without strength.
- 5I 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.
- 6You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
- 7Your wrath lies heavily upon me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves. Selah
- 8You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape;
- 9my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, O LORD , every day; I spread out my hands to you.
- 10Do you show your wonders to the dead? Do those who are dead rise up and praise you? Selah
- 11Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction ?
- 12Are your wonders known in the place of darkness, or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?
- 13But I cry to you for help, O LORD ; in the morning my prayer comes before you.
- 14Why, O LORD , do you reject me and hide your face from me?
- 15From my youth I have been afflicted and close to death; I have suffered your terrors and am in despair.
- 16Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me.
- 17All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me.
- 18You have taken my companions and loved ones from me; the darkness is my closest friend.