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Psalms 88

A Prayer for Help in Despondency

A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. To the Chief Musician. Set to “Mahalath Leannoth.” A [a]Contemplation of Heman the Ezrahite.

O Lord, God of my salvation,
I have cried out day and night before You.

For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah. A song to be sung to the tune “The Suffering of Affliction.” A psalma of Heman the Ezrahite.

O LORD, God of my salvation,
I cry out to you by day.
I come to you at night.

Let my prayer come before You;
[b]Incline Your ear to my cry.

Now hear my prayer;
listen to my cry.

For my soul is full of troubles,
And my life draws near to the grave.

For my life is full of troubles,
and deathb draws near.

I am counted with those who go[c] down to the pit;
I am like a man who has no strength,

I am as good as dead,
like a strong man with no strength left.

[d]Adrift among the dead,
Like the slain who lie in the grave,
Whom You remember no more,
And who are cut off from Your hand.

They have left me among the dead,
and I lie like a corpse in a grave.
I am forgotten,
cut off from your care.

You have laid me in the lowest pit,
In darkness, in the depths.

You have thrown me into the lowest pit,
into the darkest depths.

Your wrath lies heavy upon me,
And You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah

Your anger weighs me down;
with wave after wave you have engulfed me.
Interlude

You have [e]put away my acquaintances far from me;
You have made me an abomination to them;
I am shut up, and I cannot get out;

You have driven my friends away
by making me repulsive to them.
I am in a trap with no way of escape.

My eye wastes away because of affliction.
Lord, I have called daily upon You;
I have stretched out my hands to You.

My eyes are blinded by my tears.
Each day I beg for your help, O LORD;
I lift my hands to you for mercy.

Will You work wonders for the dead?
Shall [f]the dead arise and praise You? Selah

Are your wonderful deeds of any use to the dead?
Do the dead rise up and praise you?
Interlude

Shall Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave?
Or Your faithfulness in the place of destruction?

Can those in the grave declare your unfailing love?
Can they proclaim your faithfulness in the place of destruction?c

Shall Your wonders be known in the dark?
And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Can the darkness speak of your wonderful deeds?
Can anyone in the land of forgetfulness talk about your righteousness?

But to You I have cried out, O Lord,
And in the morning my prayer comes before You.

O LORD, I cry out to you.
I will keep on pleading day by day.

Lord, why do You cast off my soul?
Why do You hide Your face from me?

O LORD, why do you reject me?
Why do you turn your face from me?

I have been afflicted and ready to die from my youth;
I suffer Your terrors;
I am distraught.

I have been sick and close to death since my youth.
I stand helpless and desperate before your terrors.

Your fierce wrath has gone over me;
Your terrors have [g]cut me off.

Your fierce anger has overwhelmed me.
Your terrors have paralyzed me.

They came around me all day long like water;
They engulfed me altogether.

They swirl around me like floodwaters all day long.
They have engulfed me completely.

Loved one and friend You have put far from me,
And my acquaintances into darkness.

You have taken away my companions and loved ones.
Darkness is my closest friend.

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