Psalm 88: 10-18

July 15, 2024 12:01 AM

10 Do you show your wonders to the dead?     Do their spirits rise up and praise you? 11 Is your love declared in the grave,     your faithfulness in Destruction[e]? 12 Are your wonders known in the place of darkness,     or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?


13 But I cry to you for help, Lord;     in the morning my prayer comes before you. 14 Why, Lord, do you reject me     and hide your face from me?


15 From my youth I have suffered and been close to death;     I have borne your terrors and am in despair. 16 Your wrath has swept over me;     your terrors have destroyed me. 17 All day long they surround me like a flood;     they have completely engulfed me. 18 You have taken from me friend and neighbor—     darkness is my closest friend.