NIV Psalms 88 Chapter
88:1
O LORD, the God who saves me, day and night I cry out before you.
88:2
May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry.
88:3
For my soul is full of trouble and my life draws near the grave.
88:4
I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like a man without strength.
88:5
I am set apart with the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, who are cut off from your care.
88:6
You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
88:7
Your wrath lies heavily upon me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves. ((Selah))
88:8
You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape;
88:9
my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, O LORD, every day; I spread out my hands to you.
88:10
Do you show your wonders to the dead? Do those who are dead rise up and praise you? ((Selah))
88:11
Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction?
88:12
Are your wonders known in the place of darkness, or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?
88:13
But I cry to you for help, O LORD; in the morning my prayer comes before you.
88:14
Why, O LORD, do you reject me and hide your face from me?
88:15
From my youth I have been afflicted and close to death; I have suffered your terrors and am in despair.
88:16
Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me.
88:17
All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me.
88:18
You have taken my companions and loved ones from me; the darkness is my closest friend.