A Petition to Be Saved from Death.
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Psalms 88:1
O LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried out by day and in the night before You.
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Psalms 88:2
Let my prayer come before You; Incline Your ear to my cry!
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Psalms 88:3
For my soul has had enough troubles, And my life has drawn near to Sheol.
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Psalms 88:4
I am reckoned among those who go down to the pit; I have become like a man without strength,
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Psalms 88:5
Forsaken among the dead, Like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom You remember no more, And they are cut off from Your hand.
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Psalms 88:6
You have put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the depths.
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Psalms 88:7
Your wrath has rested upon me, And You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah.
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Psalms 88:8
You have removed my acquaintances far from me; You have made me an object of loathing to them; I am shut up and cannot go out.
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Psalms 88:9
My eye has wasted away because of affliction; I have called upon You every day, O LORD; I have spread out my hands to You.
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Psalms 88:10
Will You perform wonders for the dead? Will the departed spirits rise and praise You? Selah.
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Psalms 88:11
Will Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon?
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Psalms 88:12
Will Your wonders be made known in the darkness? And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
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Psalms 88:13
But I, O LORD, have cried out to You for help, And in the morning my prayer comes before You.
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Psalms 88:14
O LORD, why do You reject my soul? Why do You hide Your face from me?
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Psalms 88:15
I was afflicted and about to die from my youth on; I suffer Your terrors; I am overcome.
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Psalms 88:16
Your burning anger has passed over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
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Psalms 88:17
They have surrounded me like water all day long; They have encompassed me altogether.
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Psalms 88:18
You have removed lover and friend far from me; My acquaintances are in darkness.
