nsb - Psalms:88

nsb@Psalms:88:1 @ O Jehovah, God of my salvation I cry out to you day and night.

nsb@Psalms:88:2 @ Let my prayer come before your presence. Turn your ear to hear my cries.

nsb@Psalms:88:3 @ I am filled with troubles, and my life comes closer to the grave.

nsb@Psalms:88:4 @ I am numbered with those who go into the pit. I am like a man without any strength.

nsb@Psalms:88:5 @ I am abandoned with the dead, like those who have been killed and lie in graves. I am like those whom you no longer remember, who are cut off from your hand.

nsb@Psalms:88:6 @ You have put me in the bottom of the pit, in deep dark places.

nsb@Psalms:88:7 @ Your rage lies heavily on me. You afflict me with all your waves.

nsb@Psalms:88:8 @ You have taken my friends far away from me. You made me disgusting to them. I am shut in, and I cannot get out.

nsb@Psalms:88:9 @ My eyes grow weak because of my suffering. All day long I call out to you, O Jehovah. I stretch out my hands to you in prayer.

nsb@Psalms:88:10 @ Will you perform miracles for those who are dead? Will the dead rise and give thanks to you?

nsb@Psalms:88:11 @ Will anyone tell about your loving kindness in the grave or about your faithfulness after they parish?

nsb@Psalms:88:12 @ Will anyone know about your miracles in that dark place or about your righteousness in the place of destruction?

nsb@Psalms:88:13 @ I cry out to you for help, O Jehovah, and in the morning my prayer will come before you.

nsb@Psalms:88:14 @ Why do you reject me, O Jehovah? Why do you hide your face from me?

nsb@Psalms:88:15 @ Ever since I was young, I have been suffering and near death. I have endured your terrors, and now I am in despair.

nsb@Psalms:88:16 @ Your burning anger has swept over me. Your terrors have destroyed me.

nsb@Psalms:88:17 @ They swirl around me all day long like water. They surround me on all sides.

nsb@Psalms:88:18 @ You have taken my loved ones and friends far away from me. Darkness is my only friend!