88 O
lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee: 2 Let
my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; 3 For
my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. 4 I
am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath
no strength: 5 Free
among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest
no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. 6 Thou
hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. 7 Thy
wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves.
Selah. 8 Thou
hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination
unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
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Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon
thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee. 10 Wilt
thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. 11 Shall
thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? 12 Shall
thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? 13 But
unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent
thee. 14 LORD,
why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me? 15 I am
afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors
I am distracted. 16 Thy
fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off. 17 They
came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together. 18 Lover
and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.