Psalms 88:10-18

10My eye fails from affliction. I call upon You every day, Adonai. I spread out my hands to You.

11Will You work wonders for the dead? Or will the departed spirits rise up praising You? Selah

12Will Your love be declared in the grave? Or Your faithfulness in the place of ruin?

13Will Your wonders be known in the darkness? Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?

14But I—I cried out to You, Adonai, and in the morning my prayer meets You.

15Adonai, why do You spurn me? Why do You hide Your face from me?

16From my youth I have been afflicted and close to death. I suffer Your terrors—I am desperate!

17Your fury has swept over me. Your terrors have cut me off.

18Like water they surge around me all day. They close in on me together.