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You have removed my acquaintances far from me.
You have made me detestable[a] to them.
I am confined and cannot go out.
My eye languishes from misery.
I call on you, O Yahweh, every day;
I spread out my hands[b] to you.
10 Do you work wonders[c] for the dead?
Or do the departed spirits[d] rise up to praise you? Selah

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 88:8 Hebrew “an abomination”
  2. Psalm 88:9 Hebrew “palms”
  3. Psalm 88:10 Hebrew “wonder”
  4. Psalm 88:10 Hebrew rephaim, sometimes translated “shades”; the weakened state of those who have died

You have taken from me my closest friends(A)
    and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined(B) and cannot escape;(C)
    my eyes(D) are dim with grief.

I call(E) to you, Lord, every day;
    I spread out my hands(F) to you.
10 Do you show your wonders to the dead?
    Do their spirits rise up and praise you?(G)

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