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Psalms 88
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Prayer for Help in Despondency

88A Song. A Psalm of the Korahites. To the leader: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, God of my salvation, when, at night, I cry out in your presence,H7892H4210H1121H7141H5329H4257H6031H4905H1968H250H3068H430H3444H6817H3117H39152let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry.H8605H935H6440H5186H241H74403For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.H5315H7646H7451H2416H5060H75854I am counted among those who go down to the Pit; I am like those who have no help,H2803H3381H953H1397H3535like those forsaken among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, like those whom you remember no more, for they are cut off from your hand.H2670H4191H2491H7901H6913H2142H1504H30276You have put me in the depths of the Pit, in the regions dark and deep.H7896H8482H953H4285H46887Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. SelahH2534H5564H6031H4867H55428You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a thing of horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape;H7368H3045H7368H7896H8441H3607H33189my eye grows dim through sorrow. Every day I call on you, O LORD; I spread out my hands to you.H5869H1669H6040H3068H7121H3117H7849H370910Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the shades rise up to praise you? SelahH6213H6382H4191H7496H6965H3034H554211Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon?H2617H5608H6913H530H1112Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your saving help in the land of forgetfulness?H6382H3045H2822H6666H776H538813But I, O LORD, cry out to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you.H7768H3068H1242H8605H692314O LORD, why do you cast me off? Why do you hide your face from me?H3068H2186H5315H5641H644015Wretched and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am desperate.H6041H1478H5290H5375H367H632316Your wrath has swept over me; your dread assaults destroy me.H2740H5674H1161H678917They surround me like a flood all day long; from all sides they close in on me.H5437H3117H4325H5362H316218You have caused friend and neighbor to shun me; my companions are in darkness.H157H7453H7368H3045H4285


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