Psalms 88:6-15

⁶You have placed me in a deep pit, in the depths of darkness.

⁷Your hostility crushes me; you are drowning me under your crashing waves. Selah.

⁸You have made my friends avoid me by making me look repulsive to them. I'm trapped, I can't go out.

⁹I've cried my eyes out begging you every day for your help, Lord, holding out my hands to you.

¹⁰Do you do miracles among the dead? Do the dead stand up to praise you? Selah.

¹¹Your faithful love—is it mentioned in the grave? Your trustworthiness—is it discussed in the place of destruction?

¹²Are the wonderful things you do known in the darkness? Is your goodness known in the land of forgetfulness?

¹³But I cry out to you for help; every morning I pray to you.

¹⁴Lord, why do you reject me? Why do you turn away from me?

¹⁵I have been sick since I was young, often at death's door. I have had to bear the terrible things you've done to me. I'm in despair!