Psalm 88:1-9

New International Reader's Version

For the director of music. According to mahalath leannoth. A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah. A maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.

88 Lord, you are the God who saves me.
Day and night I cry out to you.
²Please hear my prayer.
Pay attention to my cry for help.

³I have so many troubles
    I’m about to die.
⁴People think my life is over.
    I’m like someone who doesn’t have any strength.
⁵People treat me as if I were dead.
    I’m like those who have been killed and are now in the grave.
You don’t even remember them anymore.
    They are cut off from your care.

⁶It’s as if you have put me deep down in the grave.
    It’s as if you have put me in that deep, dark place.
⁷Your great anger lies heavy on me.
    All the waves of your anger have crashed over me.
⁸You have taken my closest friends away from me.
    You have made me sickening to them.
I feel trapped and can’t escape.
⁹    I’m crying so much I can’t see very well.