Psalm 88:8-18
Holman Christian Standard Bible
8 You have distanced my friends from me;
You have made me repulsive to them.(A)
I am shut in and cannot go out.
9 My eyes are worn out from crying.(B)
Lord, I cry out to You all day long;(C)
I spread out my hands to You.(D)
10 Do You work wonders for the dead?
Do departed spirits rise up to praise You?(E)
11 Will Your faithful love be declared in the grave,
Your faithfulness in Abaddon?(F)
12 Will Your wonders be known in the darkness
or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?(G)
13 But I call to You for help, Lord;
in the morning my prayer meets You.(H)
14 Lord, why do You reject me?(I)
Why do You hide Your face from me?(J)
15 From my youth,
I have been afflicted and near death.
I suffer Your horrors; I am desperate.(K)
16 Your wrath sweeps over me;
Your terrors destroy me.(L)
17 They surround me like water all day long;
they close in on me from every side.(M)
18 You have distanced loved one and neighbor from me;
darkness is my only friend.[a](N)
Footnotes
- Psalm 88:18 Or from me, my friends. Oh darkness!
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