88 ⁽⁰⁾ A song. A psalm of the sons of Korach. For the leader. Set to “Sickness that Causes Suffering.” A maskil of Heiman the Ezrachi.

^2 (1) Adonai, God of my salvation,
when I cry out to you in the night,
^3 (2) let my prayer come before you,
turn your ear to my cry for help!
^4 (3) For I am oversupplied with troubles,
which have brought me to the brink of Sh’ol.
^5 (4) I am counted among those going down to the pit,
like a man who is beyond help,
^6 (5) left by myself among the dead,
like the slain who lie in the grave —
you no longer remember them;
they are cut off from your care.

^7 (6) You plunged me into the bottom of the pit,
into dark places, into the depths.
^8 (7) Your wrath lies heavily on me;
your waves crashing over me keep me down. (Selah)
^9 (8) You separated me from my close friends,
made me repulsive to them;
I am caged in, with no escape;
^10 (9) my eyes grow dim from suffering.

I call on you, Adonai, every day;
I spread out my hands to you.
^11 (10) Will you perform wonders for the dead?
Can the ghosts of the dead rise up and praise you? (Selah)
^12 (11) Will your grace be declared in the grave,
or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
^13 (12) Will your wonders be known in the dark,
or your righteousness in the land of oblivion?

^14 (13) But I cry out to you, Adonai;
my prayer comes before you in the morning.
^15 (14) So why, Adonai, do you reject me?
Why do you hide your face from me?

^16 (15) Since my youth I have been miserable, close to death;
I am numb from bearing these terrors of yours.
^17 (16) Your fierce anger has overwhelmed me,
your terrors have shriveled me up.
^18 (17) They surge around me all day like a flood,
from all sides they close in on me.
^19 (18) You have made friends and companions shun me;
the people I know are hidden from me.