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class="altsize">)</span></p></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-88-0" data-section-citation="019088000019088000"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 88:superscription</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-586"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p3933" data-pid="3933">See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/45/0">Glossary</a>.</p> </span></li><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-587"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p3934" data-pid="3934">See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/46/0">Glossary</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1786" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-1787"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Ch 20:19</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1787" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1787" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1787" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-1788"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Ki 4:30, 31; 1Ch 2:6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1788" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1788" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1483" data-pid="1483" class="se"></p> <p id="p1484" data-pid="1484" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204408/1219/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 18,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204408/1220/0"> 800</a></p> <p id="p1485" data-pid="1485" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204408/1221/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 295</a></p> <p id="p1486" data-pid="1486" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204408/1222/0"><em>New World Translation,</em> pp. 1703-1704</a></p> <p id="p1487" data-pid="1487" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p575" data-pid="575" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270019/573/0">it-1 18,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270019/573/2"> 800;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270019/573/4"> it-2 295;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270019/573/6"> nwt 1703-1704</a></p> <p id="p576" data-pid="576" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-88-1" data-section-citation="019088001019088001"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 88:1</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1788" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-1789"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 27:9; Isa 12:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1789" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1789" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1789" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-1790"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 22:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1790" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1790" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-88-2" data-section-citation="019088002019088002"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 88:2</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-588"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p3935" data-pid="3935">Or “Bend down and listen.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1790" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-1791"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Ki 8:30</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1791" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1791" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1791" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-1792"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 141:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1792" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1792" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-88-3" data-section-citation="019088003019088003"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 88:3</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-589"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p3936" data-pid="3936">See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/47/0">Glossary</a>.</p> </span></li><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-590"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p3937" data-pid="3937">Or “Sheol,” that is, the common grave of mankind. See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/48/0">Glossary</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1792" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-1793"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 71:20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1793" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1793" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1793" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-1794"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 38:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1794" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1794" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p875" data-pid="875" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020019/873/0">w65 44</a></p> <p id="p876" data-pid="876" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-88-4" data-section-citation="019088004019088004"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 88:4</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-591"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p3938" data-pid="3938">Or “grave.”</p> </span></li><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-592"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p3939" data-pid="3939">Or “like a man without strength.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1794" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-1795"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 143:7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1795" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1795" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1795" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-1796"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 31:12</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1796" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1796" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p876" data-pid="876" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020019/874/0">w65 44;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020019/874/1"> w62 59</a></p> <p id="p877" data-pid="877" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-88-5" data-section-citation="019088005019088005"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 88:5</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-593"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p3940" data-pid="3940">Lit., “hand.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p877" data-pid="877" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020019/875/0">w65 44</a></p> <p id="p878" data-pid="878" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-88-6" data-section-citation="019088006019088006"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 88:6</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p878" data-pid="878" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020019/876/0">w65 44</a></p> <p id="p879" data-pid="879" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-88-7" data-section-citation="019088007019088007"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 88:7</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1796" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-1797"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 90:7; 102:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1797" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1797" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-88-8" data-section-citation="019088008019088008"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 88:8</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1797" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-1798"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Job 19:13, 19; Ps 31:11; 142:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1798" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1798" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-88-9" data-section-citation="019088009019088009"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 88:9</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1798" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-1799"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Job 17:7; Ps 42:3; La 3:49</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1799" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1799" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1799" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-1800"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 55:17</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1800" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1800" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-88-10" data-section-citation="019088010019088010"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 88:10</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1800" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-1801"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Job 14:14; Ps 115:17; Isa 38:18</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1801" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1801" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-88-11" data-section-citation="019088011019088011"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 88:11</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-594"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p3941" data-pid="3941">Or “in Abaddon.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1487" data-pid="1487" class="se"></p> <p id="p1488" data-pid="1488" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204408/1223/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 12</a></p> <p id="p1489" data-pid="1489" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p576" data-pid="576" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270019/574/0">it-1 12;</a></p> <p id="p577" data-pid="577" class="sx"></p> <p id="p879" data-pid="879" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020019/877/0">ad 11</a></p> <p id="p880" data-pid="880" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-88-12" data-section-citation="019088012019088012"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 88:12</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1801" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-1802"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ec 2:16; 8:10; 9:5</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1802" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1802" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-88-13" data-section-citation="019088013019088013"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 88:13</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1802" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-1803"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 46:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1803" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1803" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1803" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-1804"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 55:17; 119:147</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1804" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1804" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1489" data-pid="1489" class="se"></p> <div id="p1490" data-pid="1490"><p data-pid="1490" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204408/1224/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1490" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204408/1224/0">2/15/1988, pp. 14-15</a></p> </div><p id="p1491" data-pid="1491" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p577" data-pid="577" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270019/575/0">w88 2/15 15</a></p> <p id="p578" data-pid="578" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-88-14" data-section-citation="019088014019088014"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 88:14</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-595"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p3942" data-pid="3942">Or “my soul.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1804" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-1805"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 43:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1805" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1805" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1805" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-1806"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Job 13:24; Ps 13:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1806" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1806" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-88-15" data-section-citation="019088015019088015"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 88:15</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1806" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-1807"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Job 17:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1807" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1807" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-88-16" data-section-citation="019088016019088016"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 88:16</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1807" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-1808"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 102:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1808" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1808" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-88-17" data-section-citation="019088017019088017"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 88:17</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-596"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p3943" data-pid="3943">Or possibly, “all at once.”</p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="19-88-18" data-section-citation="019088018019088018"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Psalm 88:18</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1808" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-1809"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Job 19:13; Ps 31:11; 38:11; 142:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1809" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-1809" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div> </div> <div id="studyParallel" class="studyPane tabContent"> <div class="section"> <h3 class="title">Parallel Translations</h3> <div class="helpText">Click a verse number to display parallel Bible verses.</div> <div class="parallel"> <div class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div> <div class="extract"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="studyMarginals" class="studyPane tabContent"> <div class="section marginalsGeneral"><h3 class="title"><span class="sectionIcon"></span><span class="scalableui">General</span></h3><div class="content categorizedMarginal"><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1786/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-1787-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ps. 88:superscription</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Ch 20:19</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1787-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1787-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1787/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-1788-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ps. 88:superscription</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Ki 4:30, 31; 1Ch 2:6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1788-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1788-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1788/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-1789-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ps. 88:1</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 27:9; Isa 12:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1789-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1789-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1789/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-1790-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ps. 88:1</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 22:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1790-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1790-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1790/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-1791-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ps. 88:2</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Ki 8:30</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1791-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1791-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1791/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-1792-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ps. 88:2</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 141:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1792-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1792-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1792/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-1793-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ps. 88:3</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 71:20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1793-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1793-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1793/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-1794-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ps. 88:3</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 38:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1794-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1794-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1794/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-1795-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ps. 88:4</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 143:7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1795-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1795-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1795/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-1796-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ps. 88:4</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 31:12</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1796-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1796-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1796/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-1797-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ps. 88:7</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 90:7; 102:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1797-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1797-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1797/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-1798-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ps. 88:8</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Job 19:13, 19; Ps 31:11; 142:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1798-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1798-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1798/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-1799-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ps. 88:9</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Job 17:7; Ps 42:3; La 3:49</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1799-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1799-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1799/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-1800-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ps. 88:9</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 55:17</span></span></div><div class="content"><div 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data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-1802-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ps. 88:12</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ec 2:16; 8:10; 9:5</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1802-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1802-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1802/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-1803-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ps. 88:13</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 46:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1803-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1803-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1803/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-1804-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ps. 88:13</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 55:17; 119:147</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1804-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1804-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1804/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-1805-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ps. 88:14</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 43:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1805-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1805-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/19/88/1805/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-1806-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Ps. 88:14</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Job 13:24; Ps 13:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1806-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-1806-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible 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showRuby ml-E ms-ROMAN dir-ltr" lang="en" data-lang="E" dir="ltr"> </div> <article id="article" class="article bible html5 pub-nwtsty jwac showRuby ml-E ms-ROMAN dir-ltr includeSecondaryNav" lang="en" data-lang="E" dir="ltr" role="article"> <div class="scalableui"> <header> <h1>Psalm</h1> </header> <p id="p1948" data-pid="1948" class="sw"><span id="v19-88-0-1" class="v">A song. A melody of the sons of Korʹah.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/1786" data-bid="1787-1" class="b">+</a> To the director; in the style of Maʹha·lath,<a id="footnotesource586" data-fnid="586" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070123/585">*</a> to be sung alternately. Masʹkil<a id="footnotesource587" data-fnid="587" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070123/586">*</a> of Heʹman<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/1787" data-bid="1788-1" class="b">+</a> the Ezʹra·hite.</span></p> <div id="p1949" data-pid="1949"><p data-pid="1949" class="sl"><span id="v19-88-1-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/15391" class="cl vp"><strong>88</strong> </a>O Jehovah, the God of my salvation,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/1788" data-bid="1789-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="1949" class="sz"><span id="v19-88-1-2" class="v">By day I cry out,</span></p><p data-pid="1949" class="sz"><span id="v19-88-1-3" class="v">And by night I come before you.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/1789" data-bid="1790-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> </div><div id="p1950" data-pid="1950"><p data-pid="1950" class="sl"><span id="v19-88-2-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/15392" class="vl vp">2 </a>Let my prayer come to you,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/1790" data-bid="1791-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="1950" class="sz"><span id="v19-88-2-2" class="v">Incline your ear<a id="footnotesource588" data-fnid="588" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070123/587">*</a> to my cry for help.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/1791" data-bid="1792-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> </div><div id="p1951" data-pid="1951"><p data-pid="1951" class="sl"><span id="v19-88-3-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/15393" class="vl vx vp">3 </a>For my soul<a id="footnotesource589" data-fnid="589" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070123/588">*</a> has been filled with calamity,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/1792" data-bid="1793-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="1951" class="sz"><span id="v19-88-3-2" class="v">And my life is on the brink of the Grave.<a id="footnotesource590" data-fnid="590" class="fn pr" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070123/589">*</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/1793" data-bid="1794-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> </div><div id="p1952" data-pid="1952"><p data-pid="1952" class="sl"><span id="v19-88-4-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/15394" class="vl vx vp">4 </a>I am already counted among those going down to the pit;<a id="footnotesource591" data-fnid="591" class="fn pr" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070123/590">*</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/1794" data-bid="1795-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="1952" class="sz"><span id="v19-88-4-2" class="v">I have become a helpless man,<a id="footnotesource592" data-fnid="592" class="fn pr" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070123/591">*</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/1795" data-bid="1796-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="1952" class="sl"><span id="v19-88-5-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/15395" class="vl vx vp">5 </a>Left among the dead</span></p><p data-pid="1952" class="sz"><span id="v19-88-5-2" class="v">Like the slain lying in a grave,</span></p><p data-pid="1952" class="sz"><span id="v19-88-5-3" class="v">Whom you remember no longer</span></p><p data-pid="1952" class="sz"><span id="v19-88-5-4" class="v">And who have been separated from your care.<a id="footnotesource593" data-fnid="593" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070123/592">*</a></span></p> </div><div id="p1953" data-pid="1953"><p data-pid="1953" class="sl"><span id="v19-88-6-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/15396" class="vl vx vp">6 </a>You have put me in the lowest pit,</span></p><p data-pid="1953" class="sz"><span id="v19-88-6-2" class="v">In dark places, in a large abyss.</span></p> </div><div id="p1954" data-pid="1954"><p data-pid="1954" class="sl"><span id="v19-88-7-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/15397" class="vl vp">7 </a>Your rage weighs heavily on me,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/1796" data-bid="1797-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="1954" class="sz"><span id="v19-88-7-2" class="v">And you overwhelm me with your crashing waves. (<em>Selah</em>)</span></p> </div><div id="p1955" data-pid="1955"><p data-pid="1955" class="sl"><span id="v19-88-8-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/15398" class="vl vp">8 </a>You have driven my acquaintances far away from me;<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/1797" data-bid="1798-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="1955" class="sz"><span id="v19-88-8-2" class="v">You have made me something detestable to them.</span></p> </div><p id="p1956" data-pid="1956" class="sz"><span id="v19-88-8-3" class="v">I am trapped and cannot escape.</span></p> <p id="p1957" data-pid="1957" class="sl"><span id="v19-88-9-1" class="v"> <a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/15399" class="vl vp">9 </a>My eye is worn out because of my affliction.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/1798" data-bid="1799-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <div id="p1958" data-pid="1958"><p data-pid="1958" class="sz"><span id="v19-88-9-2" class="v">I call on you, O Jehovah, all day long;<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/1799" data-bid="1800-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="1958" class="sz"><span id="v19-88-9-3" class="v">To you I spread out my hands.</span></p> </div><p id="p1959" data-pid="1959" class="sl"><span id="v19-88-10-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/15400" class="vl vp">10 </a>Will you perform wonders for the dead?</span></p> <p id="p1960" data-pid="1960" class="sz"><span id="v19-88-10-2" class="v">Can those powerless in death rise up to praise you?<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/1800" data-bid="1801-1" class="b">+</a> (<em>Selah</em>)</span></p> <div id="p1961" data-pid="1961"><p data-pid="1961" class="sl"><span id="v19-88-11-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/15401" class="vl vx vp">11 </a>Will your loyal love be declared in the grave,</span></p><p data-pid="1961" class="sz"><span id="v19-88-11-2" class="v">Your faithfulness in the place of destruction?<a id="footnotesource594" data-fnid="594" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070123/593">*</a></span></p> </div><div id="p1962" data-pid="1962"><p data-pid="1962" class="sl"><span id="v19-88-12-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/15402" class="vl vp">12 </a>Will your wonders be known in the darkness</span></p><p data-pid="1962" class="sz"><span id="v19-88-12-2" class="v">Or your righteousness in the land of oblivion?<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/1801" data-bid="1802-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> </div><div id="p1963" data-pid="1963"><p data-pid="1963" class="sl"><span id="v19-88-13-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/15403" class="vl vx vp">13 </a>But I still cry to you for help, O Jehovah,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/1802" data-bid="1803-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="1963" class="sz"><span id="v19-88-13-2" class="v">Each morning my prayer comes before you.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/1803" data-bid="1804-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> </div><p id="p1964" data-pid="1964" class="sl"><span id="v19-88-14-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/15404" class="vl vp">14 </a>Why, O Jehovah, do you reject me?<a id="footnotesource595" data-fnid="595" class="fn pr" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070123/594">*</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/1804" data-bid="1805-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p1965" data-pid="1965" class="sz"><span id="v19-88-14-2" class="v">Why do you hide your face from me?<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/1805" data-bid="1806-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <div id="p1966" data-pid="1966"><p data-pid="1966" class="sl"><span id="v19-88-15-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/15405" class="vl vp">15 </a>From my youth on,</span></p><p data-pid="1966" class="sz"><span id="v19-88-15-2" class="v">I have been afflicted and ready to perish;<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/1806" data-bid="1807-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="1966" class="sz"><span id="v19-88-15-3" class="v">I am numb from the terrible things you allow me to suffer.</span></p> </div><div id="p1967" data-pid="1967"><p data-pid="1967" class="sl"><span id="v19-88-16-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/15406" class="vl vp">16 </a>Your burning anger overwhelms me;<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070123/1807" data-bid="1808-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="1967" class="sz"><span id="v19-88-16-2" class="v">Your terrors destroy me.</span></p> </div><div id="p1968" data-pid="1968"><p data-pid="1968" class="sl"><span id="v19-88-17-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070123/15407" class="vl vp">17 </a>They surround me like waters all day long;</span></p><p data-pid="1968" class="sz"><span id="v19-88-17-2" class="v">They close in on me from all sides.<a id="footnotesource596" data-fnid="596" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070123/595">*</a></span></p> </div><div id="p1969" data-pid="1969"><p data-pid="1969" class="sl"><span id="v19-88-18-1" 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