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Psalms 88

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¹ O Lord, the God of my salvation, I have cried to You for help by day; at night I am in Your presence. ⓐ

² Let my prayer come before You and really enter into Your presence; incline Your ear to my cry!

³ For I am full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol (the place of the dead).

⁴ I am counted among those who go down into the pit (the grave); I am like a man who has no help or strength [a mere shadow],

⁵ Cast away among the dead, like the slain that lie in a [nameless] grave, whom You [seriously] remember no more, and they are cut off from Your hand.

⁶ You have laid me in the depths of the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

⁷ Your wrath lies hard upon me, and You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! ⓑ

⁸ You have put my [familiar] friends far from me; You have made me an abomination to them. I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

⁹ My eye grows dim because of sorrow and affliction. Lord, I have called daily on You; I have spread forth my hands to You.

¹⁰ Will You show wonders to the dead? Shall the departed arise and praise You? Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

¹¹ Shall Your steadfast love be declared in the grave? Or Your faithfulness in Abaddon (Sheol, as a place of ruin and destruction)?

¹² Shall Your wonders be known in the dark? And Your righteousness in the place of forgetfulness [where the dead forget and are forgotten]?

¹³ But to You I cry, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer come to meet You.

¹⁵ I was afflicted and close to death from my youth up; while I suffer Your terrors I am distracted [I faint].

¹⁶ Your fierce wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.

¹⁷ They surround me like a flood all day long; together they have closed in upon me.

¹⁸ Lover and friend have You put far from me; my familiar friends are darkness and the grave.

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1	O Lord, the God of my salvation, I have cried to You for help by day; at night I am in Your presence. ⓐ
2	Let my prayer come before You and really enter into Your presence; incline Your ear to my cry!
3	For I am full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol (the place of the dead).
4	I am counted among those who go down into the pit (the grave); I am like a man who has no help or strength [a mere shadow],
5	Cast away among the dead, like the slain that lie in a [nameless] grave, whom You [seriously] remember no more, and they are cut off from Your hand.
6	You have laid me in the depths of the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
7	Your wrath lies hard upon me, and You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! ⓑ
8	You have put my [familiar] friends far from me; You have made me an abomination to them. I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
9	My eye grows dim because of sorrow and affliction. Lord, I have called daily on You; I have spread forth my hands to You.
10	Will You show wonders to the dead? Shall the departed arise and praise You? Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!
11	Shall Your steadfast love be declared in the grave? Or Your faithfulness in Abaddon (Sheol, as a place of ruin and destruction)?
12	Shall Your wonders be known in the dark? And Your righteousness in the place of forgetfulness [where the dead forget and are forgotten]?
13	But to You I cry, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer come to meet You.
14	Lord, why do You cast me off? Why do You hide Your face from me? ⓒ
15	I was afflicted and close to death from my youth up; while I suffer Your terrors I am distracted [I faint].
16	Your fierce wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
17	They surround me like a flood all day long; together they have closed in upon me.
18	Lover and friend have You put far from me; my familiar friends are darkness and the grave.

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