Psalm 88:11-18

New International Version

¹¹ Is your love declared in the grave,
    your faithfulness^(A) in Destruction^[a]?
¹² Are your wonders known in the place of darkness,
    or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?

¹³ But I cry to you for help,^(B) Lord;
    in the morning^(C) my prayer comes before you.^(D)
14 Why, Lord, do you reject^(E) me
    and hide your face^(F) from me?

¹⁵ From my youth^(G) I have suffered^(H) and been close to death;
    I have borne your terrors^(I) and am in despair.^(J)
16 Your wrath^(K) has swept over me;
    your terrors^(L) have destroyed me.
¹⁷ All day long they surround me like a flood;^(M)
    they have completely engulfed me.
¹⁸ You have taken from me friend^(N) and neighbor—
    darkness is my closest friend.