Verse 15
Psalms 88:15
Free Bible Version
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I 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!
Original Language Text
hebrew
לָ/מָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה תִּזְנַ֣ח נַפְשִׁ֑/י תַּסְתִּ֖יר פָּנֶ֣י/ךָ מִמֶּֽ/נִּי
English Translation
Why, O LORD, do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?
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Chapter 88 Context
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A song. A psalm of the descendants of Korah. For the music director. To the tune “Mahalath Leannoth....
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Please listen to my prayer; hear my words as I plead with you.
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My life is full of troubles, and my death is approaching.
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I'm counted among the dying; a man with no strength.
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I am abandoned among the dead, lying like a corpse in the grave, forgotten and beyond your care.
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You have placed me in a deep pit, in the depths of darkness.
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Your hostility crushes me; you are drowning me under your crashing waves. Selah.
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You have made my friends avoid me by making me look repulsive to them. I'm trapped, I can't go out.
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I've cried my eyes out begging you every day for your help, Lord, holding out my hands to you.
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Do you do miracles among the dead? Do the dead stand up to praise you? Selah.
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Your faithful love—is it mentioned in the grave? Your trustworthiness—is it discussed in the place o...
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Are the wonderful things you do known in the darkness? Is your goodness known in the land of forgetf...
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But I cry out to you for help; every morning I pray to you.
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Lord, why do you reject me? Why do you turn away from me?
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I have been sick since I was young, often at death's door. I have had to bear the terrible things yo...
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Your anger has overcome me; the terrible things you do have destroyed me.
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They surround me all the time like floodwaters, swallowing me up.
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You have made my family and friends avoid me. Darkness is my only friend.
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