Psalms 88:1-5

¹A Song. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah. To the chief music-maker; put to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil. Of Heman the Ezrahite. O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night:

²Let my prayer come before you; give ear to my cry:

³For my soul is full of evils, and my life has come near to the underworld.

⁴I am numbered among those who go down into the earth; I have become like a man for whom there is no help:

⁵My soul is among the dead, like those in the underworld, to whom you give no more thought; for they are cut off from your care.