Psalm 88:13-18

I Cry Out Day and Night Before You

13 But I, O Lord, cry y to you;
z in the morning my prayer comes before you.
14 O Lord, why a do you cast my soul away?
Why b do you hide your face from me?
15 Afflicted and close to death from my youth up,
I suffer your terrors; I am helpless. 1
16 Your wrath has swept over me;
your c dreadful assaults destroy me.
17 They d surround me like a flood e all day long;
they f close in on me together.
18 You have caused g my beloved and my friend to shun me;
my companions have become darkness. 2

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 30:2
    O Lord my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 5:3
    O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 44:9
    But you have rejected us and disgraced us and have not gone out with our armies.
  4. Cross References
    Job 13:24
    Why do you hide your face and count me as your enemy?
  5. Cross References
    Job 6:4
    For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
    Job 9:34
    Let him take his rod away from me, and let not dread of him terrify me.
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 118:10 - 12
    All nations surrounded me; in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 86:3
    Be gracious to me, O Lord, for to you do I cry all the day.
  8. Cross References
    Psalms 18:4
    The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of destruction assailed me.
    Psalms 22:16
    For dogs encompass me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet -
    Psalms 118:10
    All nations surrounded me; in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
  9. Cross References
    Job 19:13 - 14
    He has put my brothers far from me, and those who knew me are wholly estranged from me.
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