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psalms 88

1 - The LORD, the God of my salvation,I have cried day and night before you.

2 - Let my prayer enter into your presence.Turn your ear to my cry.

3 - For my soul is full of troubles.My life draws near to Sheol.

4 - I am counted among those who go down into the pit.I am like a man who has no help,

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.

6 - You have laid me in the lowest pit,in the darkest depths.

7 - Your wrath lies heavily on me.You have afflicted me with all your waves.Selah.

8 - You have taken my friends from me.You have made me an abomination to them.I am confined, and I can't escape.

9 - My eyes are dim from grief.I have called on you daily, The LORD.I have spread out my hands to you.

10 - Do you show wonders to the dead?Do the departed spirits rise up and praise you?Selah.

11 - Is your loving kindness declared in the grave?Or your faithfulness in Destruction?

12 - Are your wonders made known in the dark?Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

13 - But to you, The LORD, I have cried.In the morning, my prayer comes before you.

14 - The LORD, why do you reject my soul?Why do you hide your face from me?

15 - I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up.While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.

16 - Your fierce wrath has gone over me.Your terrors have cut me off.

17 - They came around me like water all day long.They completely engulfed me.

18 - You have put lover and friend far from me,and my friends into darkness.

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