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Chapter 88
Psal NETtext 88:1  A song, a psalm written by the Korahites; for the music director; according to the machalath-leannoth style; a well-written song by Heman the Ezrachite.O LORD God who delivers me! By day I cry out and at night I pray before you.
Psal NETtext 88:2  Listen to my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help!
Psal NETtext 88:3  For my life is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol.
Psal NETtext 88:4  They treat me like those who descend into the grave. I am like a helpless man,
Psal NETtext 88:5  adrift among the dead, like corpses lying in the grave, whom you remember no more, and who are cut off from your power.
Psal NETtext 88:6  You place me in the lowest regions of the pit, in the dark places, in the watery depths.
Psal NETtext 88:7  Your anger bears down on me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. (Selah)
Psal NETtext 88:8  You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.
Psal NETtext 88:9  My eyes grow weak because of oppression. I call out to you, O LORD, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you.
Psal NETtext 88:10  Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and give you thanks? (Selah)
Psal NETtext 88:11  Is your loyal love proclaimed in the grave, or your faithfulness in the place of the dead?
Psal NETtext 88:12  Are your amazing deeds experienced in the dark region, or your deliverance in the land of oblivion?
Psal NETtext 88:13  As for me, I cry out to you, O LORD; in the morning my prayer confronts you.
Psal NETtext 88:14  O LORD, why do you reject me, and pay no attention to me?
Psal NETtext 88:15  I am oppressed and have been on the verge of death since my youth. I have been subjected to your horrors and am numb with pain.
Psal NETtext 88:16  Your anger overwhelms me; your terrors destroy me.
Psal NETtext 88:17  They surround me like water all day long; they join forces and encircle me.
Psal NETtext 88:18  You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance; those who know me leave me alone in the darkness.