Psalm 88:1-9

GOD’S WORD Translation

88 O Lord God, my savior,
I cry out to you during the day and at night.
² Let my prayer come into your presence.
Turn your ear to hear my cries.
³ My soul is filled with troubles,
and my life comes closer to the grave.
⁴ I am numbered with those who go into the pit.
I am like a man without any strength—
⁵ abandoned with the dead,
like those who have been killed and lie in graves,
like those whom you no longer remember,
who are cut off from your power.
⁶ You have put me in the bottom of the pit—in deep, dark places.
⁷ Your rage lies heavily on me.
You make all your waves pound on me. Selah
⁸ You have taken my friends far away from me.
You made me disgusting to them.
I’m shut in, and I can’t get out.
⁹ My eyes grow weak because of my suffering.
All day long I call out to you, O Lord.
I stretch out my hands to you ⌞in prayer⌟.