Psalms 88
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Psalms 88:10-18

10Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah

11Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon?

12Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

13But I, O Lord, cry to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you.

14O Lord, why do you cast my soul away? Why do you hide your face from me?

15Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.

16Your wrath has swept over me; your dreadful assaults destroy me.

17They surround me like a flood all day long; they close in on me together.

18You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me; my companions have become darkness.

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