O Lord God of My Salvation (Psalm 88)
O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee : O let my prayer enter into thy presence, incline thine ear unto my calling
2 For my soul is full of trouble : and my life draweth nigh unto hell
3 I am counted as one of them that go down into the pit : and I have been even as a man that hath no strength
4 Free among the dead, like unto them that are wounded, and lie in the grave : who are out of remembrance, and are cut away from thy hand
5 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit : in a place of darkness, and in the deep
6 Thine indignation lieth hard upon me : and thou hast vexed me with all thy storms
7 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me : and made me to be abhorred of them
8 I am so fast in prison : that I cannot get forth
9 My sight faileth for very trouble : Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched forth my hands unto thee
10 Dost thou shew wonders among the dead : or shall the dead rise up again, and praise thee?
11 Shall thy loving-kindness be shewed in the grave : or thy faithfulness in destruction?
12 Shall thy wondrous works be known in the dark : and thy righteousness in the land where all things are forgotten?
13 Unto thee have I cried, O Lord : and early shall my prayer come before thee
14 Lord, why abhorrest thou my soul : and hidest thou thy face from me?
15 I am in misery, and like unto him that is at the point to die : even from my youth up thy terrors have I suffered with a troubled mind
16 Thy wrathful displeasure goeth over me : and the fear of thee hath undone me
17 They came round about me daily like water : and compassed me together on every side
18 My lovers and friends hast thou put away from me : and hid mine acquaintance out of my sight