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 dead 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. |