Psalm 88:9-18

New International Version

⁹     my eyes^(A) are dim with grief.

I call^(B) to you, Lord, every day;
    I spread out my hands^(C) to you.
¹⁰ Do you show your wonders to the dead?
    Do their spirits rise up and praise you?^(D)
11 Is your love declared in the grave,
    your faithfulness^(E) in Destruction^[a]?
¹² Are your wonders known in the place of darkness,
    or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?

¹³ But I cry to you for help,^(F) Lord;
    in the morning^(G) my prayer comes before you.^(H)
14 Why, Lord, do you reject^(I) me
    and hide your face^(J) from me?

¹⁵ From my youth^(K) I have suffered^(L) and been close to death;
    I have borne your terrors^(M) and am in despair.^(N)
16 Your wrath^(O) has swept over me;
    your terrors^(P) have destroyed me.
¹⁷ All day long they surround me like a flood;^(Q)
    they have completely engulfed me.
¹⁸ You have taken from me friend^(R) and neighbor—
    darkness is my closest friend.