088:001

Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry

088:002

For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave

088:003

I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength

088:004

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

088:005

Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps

088:006

Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah

088:007

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

088:008

Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee

088:009

Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah

088:010

Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction

088:011

Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness

088:012

But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee

088:013

LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me

088:014

I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted

088:015

Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off

088:016

They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together

088:017

Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness