Holy Bible - New Revised Standard Version(NRSV)

88:1	O LORD, God of my salvation, when, at night, I cry out in your presence,
88:2	let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry.
88:3	For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
88:4	I am counted among those who go down to the Pit; I am like those who have no help,
88:5	like those forsaken among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, like those whom you remember no more, for they are cut off from your hand.
88:6	You have put me in the depths of the Pit, in the regions dark and deep.
88:7	Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves.Selah
88:8	You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a thing of horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape;
88:9	my eye grows dim through sorrow. Every day I call on you, O LORD; I spread out my hands to you.
88:10	Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the shades rise up to praise you?Selah
88:11	Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
88:12	Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your saving help in the land of forgetfulness?
88:13	But I, O LORD, cry out to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you.
88:14	O LORD, why do you cast me off? Why do you hide your face from me?
88:15	Wretched and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am desperate.
88:16	Your wrath has swept over me; your dread assaults destroy me.
88:17	They surround me like a flood all day long; from all sides they close in on me.
88:18	You have caused friend and neighbor to shun me; my companions are in darkness.
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