O LORD , God of my salvation, I have cried out day and night before You.

2 Let my prayer come before You ; incline Your ear to my cry.

3 For my soul is full of troubles, and my lifr draw near to the grave.

4 I am counted with those who go down to the pit ; I am like a man who has no strength,

5 Adrift among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, and who are cut off from Your hand.

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

7 Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and You have afflicted me with all Your waves                                                                                     Selah

8 You have put away my acquaintances far from me ; You have made me an abomination to them ; I am shut up, and I cannot get out;

9 My eye wastes away because of affliction. LORD , I have caled daily upon You ; I have stretched out my hands to You.

10 Will You work wonders for the dead ? Shal the dead arise and praise You?                                                                                      Selah

11 Shall Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave ? Or  Your faithfulness in the place of destruction ?

12 Shall Your wonder be known in the dark ? And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness ?

13 But to You I have cried out, O LORD, and in the morning prayer comes before You.

14 LORD, why do You cast off my soul ? Why do You hide Your face from me ?

15 I have been afflicted and ready to die from my youth ; I suffer Your terrors ; I am distraught.

16 Your fierce wrath has gone over me ; Your terror have cut me off.

17 They came around me all day long like water ; they engulfed me altogather.

18 Lovewd one and friend You have put far from me, and my acquitances into darkness.Psalm 88

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