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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Psalm 88 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/88.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" 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89">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">A Cry for Help<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.88.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </h3><p class="q1"><span class="v19_88_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.88.1" class="v19_88_1">1</span><span class="nd">Lord</span> God, my savior, I cry out all day,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_88_1">and at night I come before you.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_88_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.88.2" class="v19_88_2">2</span>Hear my prayer;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_88_2">listen to my cry for help!</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_88_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.88.3" class="v19_88_3">3</span>So many troubles have fallen on me</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_88_3">that I am close to death.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_88_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.88.4" class="v19_88_4">4</span>I am like all others who are about to die;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_88_4">all my strength is gone.<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.88.4!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_88_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.88.5" class="v19_88_5">5</span>I am abandoned among the dead;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_88_5">I am like the slain lying in their graves,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_88_5">those you have forgotten completely,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_88_5">who are beyond your help.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_88_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.88.6" class="v19_88_6">6</span>You have thrown me into the depths of the tomb,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_88_6">into the darkest and deepest pit.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_88_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.88.7" class="v19_88_7">7</span>Your anger lies heavy on me,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_88_7">and I am crushed beneath its waves.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_88_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.88.8" class="v19_88_8">8</span>You have caused my friends to abandon me;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_88_8">you have made me repulsive to them.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_88_8">I am closed in and cannot escape;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_88_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.88.9" class="v19_88_9">9</span>my eyes are weak from suffering.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_88_9"><span class="nd">Lord</span>, every day I call to you</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_88_9">and lift my hands to you in prayer.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_88_10"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.88.10" class="v19_88_10">10</span>Do you perform miracles for the dead?</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_88_10">Do they rise up and praise you?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_88_11"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.88.11" class="v19_88_11">11</span>Is your constant love spoken of in the grave</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_88_11">or your faithfulness in the place of destruction?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_88_12"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.88.12" class="v19_88_12">12</span>Are your miracles seen in that place of darkness</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_88_12">or your goodness in the land of the forgotten?</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_88_13"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.88.13" class="v19_88_13">13</span><span class="nd">Lord</span>, I call to you for help;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_88_13">every morning I pray to you.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_88_14"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.88.14" class="v19_88_14">14</span>Why do you reject me, <span class="nd">Lord</span>?</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_88_14">Why do you turn away from me?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_88_15"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.88.15" class="v19_88_15">15</span>Ever since I was young, I have suffered and been near death;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_88_15">I am worn out<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.88.15!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> from the burden of your punishments.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_88_16"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.88.16" class="v19_88_16">16</span>Your furious anger crushes me;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_88_16">your terrible attacks destroy me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_88_17"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.88.17" class="v19_88_17">17</span>All day long they surround me like a flood;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_88_17">they close in on me from every side.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_88_18"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.88.18" class="v19_88_18">18</span>You have made even my closest friends abandon me,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_88_18">and darkness is my only companion.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">HEBREW TITLE: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">A psalm by the clan of Korah; a song. A poem by Heman the Ezrahite.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">88.4: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">all my strength is gone; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">there is no help for me.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">88.15: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probable text </char><char style="fq" closed="false">I am worn out; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew unclear.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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