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 <div class="label">88</div><div class="s1">A Cry of Desperation</div><div class="d">A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.&#160; # 88:title 1Kg 4:31; 1Ch 2:6</div><div class="q1"> 1 Lord, God&#160;of&#160;my&#160;salvation,</div><div class="q">I cry out before&#160;you day&#160;and&#160;night.&#160; # 88:1 Ps 22:2; 86:3; Lk 18:7</div><div class="q1"> 2May my prayer reach your&#160;presence;</div><div class="q">listen to my&#160;cry.&#160; # 88:2 Ps 18:6; 31:2; 86:1</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 3For I have had enough troubles,</div><div class="q">and my life is near&#160;Sheol.&#160; # 88:3 Ps 16:10; 116:3</div><div class="q1"> 4I am counted among those going&#160;down to&#160;the&#160;Pit.&#160; # 88:4 Ps 28:1; 143:7</div><div class="q">I am like a man without&#160;strength,&#160; # 88:4 Ps 61:2</div><div class="q1"> 5abandoned&#160; # 88:5 Or set free among&#160;the&#160;dead.</div><div class="q">I am like the slain lying in&#160;the&#160;grave,&#160; # 88:5 Ps 31:12</div><div class="q">whom you no&#160;longer&#160;remember,</div><div class="q">and who are cut off from&#160;your&#160;care.&#160; # 88:5 Or hand,# 88:5 Ps 31:22; Is 53:8</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 6You have put me in&#160;the&#160;lowest&#160;part of&#160;the&#160;Pit,</div><div class="q">in the darkest places, in&#160;the&#160;depths.&#160; # 88:6 Ps 69:15; 86:13; Ezk 26:20</div><div class="q1"> 7Your wrath weighs heavily on&#160;me;&#160; # 88:7 Ps 32:4; 39:10</div><div class="q">you have overwhelmed me with&#160;all your&#160;waves.&#160; # 88:7 Ps 42:7 Selah</div><div class="q1"> 8You have distanced my&#160;friends from&#160;me;</div><div class="q">you have made me repulsive to&#160;them.&#160; # 88:8 Jb 19:13&#8211;22; Ps 31:11</div><div class="q">I am shut in and&#160;cannot go&#160;out.</div><div class="q1"> 9My eyes are worn out from&#160;crying.&#160; # 88:9 Ps 6:7; 31:9</div><div class="q"> Lord, I cry out to&#160;you all&#160;day&#160;long;&#160; # 88:9 Ps 86:3</div><div class="q">I spread out my&#160;hands to&#160;you.&#160; # 88:9 Ps 143:6</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 10Do you work wonders for&#160;the&#160;dead?</div><div class="q">Do departed spirits rise&#160;up to&#160;praise&#160;you?&#160; # 88:10 Ps 6:5; 30:9 Selah</div><div class="q1"> 11Will your faithful love be&#160;declared in&#160;the&#160;grave,</div><div class="q">your faithfulness in&#160;Abaddon?&#160; # 88:11 Jb 26:6; Pr 15:11; 27:20</div><div class="q1"> 12Will your wonders be&#160;known in the&#160;darkness</div><div class="q">or your righteousness in&#160;the&#160;land of&#160;oblivion?&#160; # 88:12 Ec 9:5</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 13But I call to you for&#160;help,&#160; Lord;</div><div class="q">in the morning my&#160;prayer meets&#160;you.&#160; # 88:13 Ps 5:3; 119:147</div><div class="q1"> 14 Lord, why do&#160;you reject&#160;me?&#160; # 88:14 Ps 43:2</div><div class="q">Why do you hide your&#160;face from&#160;me?&#160; # 88:14 Jb 13:24; Ps 10:1; 13:1</div><div class="q1"> 15From my youth,</div><div class="q">I&#160;have&#160;been suffering and&#160;near death.</div><div class="q">I suffer your horrors; I&#160;am&#160;desperate.&#160; # 88:15 Jb 31:23</div><div class="q1"> 16Your wrath sweeps over&#160;me;</div><div class="q">your terrors destroy&#160;me.&#160; # 88:16 Jb 6:4; 9:34</div><div class="q1"> 17They surround me like&#160;water all&#160;day&#160;long;</div><div class="q">they close in on me from&#160;every&#160;side.&#160; # 88:17 Ps 22:12,16; 118:10&#8211;12</div><div class="q1"> 18You have distanced loved&#160;one and&#160;neighbor from&#160;me;</div><div class="q">darkness is my&#160;only&#160;friend.&#160; # 88:18 Or from me, my friends. Oh darkness!,# 88:18 Jb 19:13; Ps 31:11; 38:11</div>
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LORD, God of my salvation,
I cry out before you day and night. 
May my prayer reach your presence;
listen to my cry. 

For I have had enough troubles,
and my life is near Sheol. 
I am counted among those going down to the Pit. 
I am like a man without strength, 
abandoned  among the dead.
I am like the slain lying in the grave, 
whom you no longer remember,
and who are cut off from your care.  ,

You have put me in the lowest part of the Pit,
in the darkest places, in the depths. 
Your wrath weighs heavily on me; 
you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.  Selah
You have distanced my friends from me;
you have made me repulsive to them. 
I am shut in and cannot go out.
My eyes are worn out from crying. 
LORD, I cry out to you all day long; 
I spread out my hands to you. 

Do you work wonders for the dead?
Do departed spirits rise up to praise you?  Selah
Will your faithful love be declared in the grave,
your faithfulness in Abaddon? 
Will your wonders be known in the darkness
or your righteousness in the land of oblivion? 

But I call to you for help,  LORD;
in the morning my prayer meets you. 
LORD, why do you reject me? 
Why do you hide your face from me? 
From my youth,
I have been suffering and near death.
I suffer your horrors; I am desperate. 
Your wrath sweeps over me;
your terrors destroy me. 
They surround me like water all day long;
they close in on me from every side. 
You have distanced loved one and neighbor from me;
darkness is my only friend.  ,

Hlusta á Psalms 88