Psalm 88

Christian Standard Bible

³ For I have had enough troubles,
and my life is near Sheol.^(D)
4 I am counted among those going down to the Pit.^(E)
I am like a man without strength,^(F)
5 abandoned^[a] among the dead.
I am like the slain lying in the grave,^(G)
whom you no longer remember,
and who are cut off from your care.^[b](H)

⁶ You have put me in the lowest part of the Pit,
in the darkest places, in the depths.^(I)
7 Your wrath weighs heavily on me;^(J)
you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.^(K)Selah
⁸ You have distanced my friends from me;
you have made me repulsive to them.^(L)
I am shut in and cannot go out.
⁹ My eyes are worn out from crying.^(M)
Lord, I cry out to you all day long;^(N)
I spread out my hands to you.^(O)

¹⁰ Do you work wonders for the dead?
Do departed spirits rise up to praise you?^(P)Selah
¹¹ Will your faithful love be declared in the grave,
your faithfulness in Abaddon?^(Q)
12 Will your wonders be known in the darkness
or your righteousness in the land of oblivion?^(R)

¹³ But I call to you for help, Lord;
in the morning my prayer meets you.^(S)
14 Lord, why do you reject me?^(T)
Why do you hide your face from me?^(U)
15 From my youth,
I have been suffering and near death.
I suffer your horrors; I am desperate.^(V)
16 Your wrath sweeps over me;
your terrors destroy me.^(W)
17 They surround me like water all day long;
they close in on me from every side.^(X)
18 You have distanced loved one and neighbor from me;
darkness is my only friend.^[c](Y)