Psalm 88.A Cry for Help.

Lord God, my savior, I cry out all day,
and at night I come before you.

2 Hear my prayer;
listen to my cry for help!

3 So many troubles have fallen on me
that I am close to death.

4 I am like all others who are about to die;
all my strength is gone.

5 I am abandoned among the dead;
I am like the slain lying in their graves,
those you have forgotten completely,
who are beyond your help.

6 You have thrown me into the depths of the tomb,
into the darkest and deepest pit.

7 Your anger lies heavy on me,
and I am crushed beneath its waves.

8 You have caused my friends to abandon me;
you have made me repulsive to them.
I am closed in and cannot escape;

9 my eyes are weak from suffering.
Lord…