15 I was miserable and (A)about to die from my youth on;
I suffer (B)Your terrors; I grow weary.
16 Your (C)burning anger has passed over me;
Your terrors have [a](D)destroyed me.
17 They have (E)surrounded me (F)like water all day long;
They have (G)encircled me altogether.
18 You have removed (H)lover and friend far from me;
My acquaintances are in a hiding place.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 88:16 Or silenced

15 From my youth(A) I have suffered(B) and been close to death;
    I have borne your terrors(C) and am in despair.(D)
16 Your wrath(E) has swept over me;
    your terrors(F) have destroyed me.
17 All day long they surround me like a flood;(G)
    they have completely engulfed me.
18 You have taken from me friend(H) and neighbor—
    darkness is my closest friend.

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