Psalm 88

¹LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.†⇄ (4 connections)

²Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.† (1 connection)

³For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.† (1 connection)

⁴I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,† (8 connections)

⁵set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.†⇄ (26 connections)

⁶You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.† (1 connection)

⁷Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.† (1 connection)

⁸You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can’t escape.† (3 connections)

⁹My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, LORD. I have spread out my hands to you.† (2 connections)

¹⁰Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and praise you? Selah.† (5 connections)

¹¹Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction?¶† (3 connections)

¹²Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?¶† (3 connections)

¹³But to you, LORD, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you.¶† (3 connections)

¹⁴LORD, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?†⇄ (5 connections)

¹⁵I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.† (1 connection)

¹⁶Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me off.† (1 connection)

¹⁷They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.† (1 connection)

¹⁸You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness.†⇄ (5 connections)