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Chapter 88
Psal Noyes 88:1  O LORD, God of my salvation! To thee do I cry by day, And by night is my prayer before thee!
Psal Noyes 88:2  Let my supplication come before thee; Incline thine ear to my cry!
Psal Noyes 88:3  For my soul is full of misery, And my life draweth near to the underworld.
Psal Noyes 88:4  I am counted with those who are going down to the pit; I am like one who hath no strength.
Psal Noyes 88:5  I am left to myself among the dead, Like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom thou no more rememberest, And who are cut off from thy [protecting] hand.
Psal Noyes 88:6  Thou hast placed me in a deep pit, In a dark and deep abyss.
Psal Noyes 88:7  Thy wrath presseth hard upon me, And thou afflictest me with all thy waves! [Pause.]
Psal Noyes 88:8  Thou hast put mine acquaintances far from me, Yea, thou hast made me their abhorrence: I am shut up, and cannot go forth.
Psal Noyes 88:9  Mine eyes languish by reason of my affliction. I call upon thee daily, O LORD! To thee do I stretch out my hands!
Psal Noyes 88:10  Canst thou show wonders to the dead? Shall the dead arise, and praise thee? [Pause.]
Psal Noyes 88:11  Shall thy goodness be declared in the grave, Or thy faithfulness in the place of corruption?
Psal Noyes 88:12  Shall thy wonders be known in the dark, And thy justice in the land of forgetfulness?
Psal Noyes 88:13  To thee do I cry, O LORD! In the morning doth my cry come before thee.
Psal Noyes 88:14  Why, O LORD! dost thou cast me off? Why hidest thou thy face from me?
Psal Noyes 88:15  I have been afflicted and languishing from my youth; I suffer thy terrors, and am distracted.
Psal Noyes 88:16  Thy fierce wrath overwhelmeth me; Thy terrors utterly destroy me.
Psal Noyes 88:17  They surround me daily like water; They compass me about together.
Psal Noyes 88:18  Lover and friend hast thou put far from me; My acquaintances are withdrawn from my sight.