Psalm 88:2-3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
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2 Lord, the God of my salvation, I call out by day;
at night I cry aloud in your presence.(A)
3 Let my prayer come before you;
incline your ear to my cry.(B)
Psalm 88:4-5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
4 [a]For my soul is filled with troubles;(A)
my life draws near to Sheol.
5 I am reckoned with those who go down to the pit;
I am like a warrior without strength.
Footnotes
- 88:4–8 In imagination the psalmist already experiences the alienation of Sheol.
Psalm 88:6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
6 My couch is among the dead,
like the slain who lie in the grave.
You remember them no more;
they are cut off from your influence.
Psalm 88:7-8
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
7 You plunge me into the bottom of the pit,
into the darkness of the abyss.
8 Your wrath lies heavy upon me;
all your waves crash over me.(A)
Selah
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