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Psalms 88
Easy-to-Read Version, 2006
- 1LORD God, you are my Savior. I have been praying to you day and night.
- 2Please pay attention to my prayers. Listen to my prayers for mercy.
- 3My soul has had enough of this pain! I am ready to die.
- 4People already treat me like a dead man, like someone too weak to live.
- 5Look for me among the dead, like a body in the grave. I am one of those you have forgotten, cut off from you and your care.
- 6You put me in that hole in the ground. Yes, you put me in that dark place.
- 7Your anger presses down on me like a heavy weight. It’s like one wave after another pounding against me. Selah
- 8You made my friends leave me. They all avoid me like someone no one wants to touch. Like a prisoner in my house, I cannot go out.
- 9My eyes hurt from crying. LORD, I pray to you constantly! I lift my arms in prayer to you.
- 10Do you do miracles for the dead? Do ghosts rise up and praise you? No! Selah
- 11The dead in their graves cannot talk about your faithful love. People in the world of the dead[1] cannot talk about your faithfulness.
- 12The dead who lie in darkness cannot see the amazing things you do. Those in the world of the forgotten cannot talk about your goodness.
- 13LORD, I am asking you to help me! Early each morning I pray to you.
- 14LORD, why have you abandoned me? Why do you refuse to listen to me?
- 15I have been sick and weak since I was young. I have suffered your anger, and I am helpless.