Psalms 88:10-18

10Your great miracles do not help dead people! Dead people cannot get up and praise you! Selah.

11People in their graves cannot talk about your faithful love! In the world of death, they cannot say how faithful you are.

12In those dark places, they do not see your miracles. In that place where people forget everything, they cannot know about the good things that you do.

13But as for me, Lord, I call to you for help. Every morning I pray to you.

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

15Since I was young, I have been in pain. I have always been near to death. You have caused bad troubles to frighten me, so that I feel helpless.

16Your anger is too much for me! You are attacking me and destroying me!

17The troubles that you send are all round me, like a flood of deep water. They come very near to me, on every side.

18You cause my friends and my neighbours to stay away from me. All that I have near to me is darkness.