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88:1 [A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director; according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite]. O Lord, the God of my salvation, I have cried out by day and in the night before Thee. 88:2 Let my prayer come before Thee; Incline Thine ear to my cry! 88:3 For my soul has had enough troubles, And my life has drawn near to Sheol. 88:4 I am reckoned among those who go down to the pit; I have become like a man without strength, 88:5 Forsaken among the dead, Like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom Thou dost remember no more, And they are cut off from Thy hand. 88:6 Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the depths. 88:7 Thy wrath has rested upon me, And Thou hast afflicted me with all Thy waves. Selah. 88:8 Thou hast removed my acquaintances far from me; Thou hast made me an object of loathing to them; I am shut up and cannot go out. 88:9 My eye has wasted away because of affliction; I have called upon Thee every day, O LORD; I have spread out my hands to Thee. 88:10 Wilt Thou perform wonders for the dead? Will the departed spirits rise [and] praise Thee? Selah. 88:11 Will Thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave, Thy faithfulness in Abaddon? 88:12 Will Thy wonders be made known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? 88:13 But I, O LORD, have cried out to Thee for help, And in the morning my prayer comes before Thee. 88:14 O LORD, why dost Thou reject my soul? [Why] dost Thou hide Thy face from me? 88:15 I was afflicted and about to die from my youth on; I suffer Thy terrors; I am overcome. 88:16 Thy burning anger has passed over me; Thy terrors have destroyed me. 88:17 They have surrounded me like water all day long; They have encompassed me altogether. 88:18 Thou hast removed lover and friend far from me; My acquaintances are [in] darkness. 88:19