| 88.1 |
Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you. |
| 88.2 |
Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry. |
| 88.3 |
For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol. |
| 88.4 |
I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help, |
| 88.5 |
set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand. |
| 88.6 |
You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths. |
| 88.7 |
Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah. |
| 88.8 |
You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can’t escape. |
| 88.9 |
My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Yahweh. I have spread out my hands to you. |
| 88.10 |
Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and praise you? Selah. |
| 88.11 |
Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction? |
| 88.12 |
Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? |
| 88.13 |
But to you, Yahweh, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you. |
| 88.14 |
Yahweh, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me? |
| 88.15 |
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted. |
| 88.16 |
Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me off. |
| 88.17 |
They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me. |
| 88.18 |
You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness. |
