13 But I, O Lord, cry (A)to you;
    (B)in the morning my prayer comes before you.
14 O Lord, why (C)do you cast my soul away?
    Why (D)do you hide your face from me?
15 Afflicted and close to death from my youth up,
    I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.[a]
16 Your wrath has swept over me;
    your (E)dreadful assaults destroy me.
17 They (F)surround me like a flood (G)all day long;
    they (H)close in on me together.
18 You have caused (I)my beloved and my friend to shun me;
    my companions have become darkness.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 88:15 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
  2. Psalm 88:18 Or darkness has become my only companion

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