
88 - Domine Deus

1   O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you; 🞙
    O let my prayer enter into your presence; incline your ear to my call.

2   For my soul is full of trouble, 🞙
    and my life draws nigh to the Grave.

3   I am counted as one of those who go down into the pit, 🞙
    and I have become as one who has no strength.

4   I have become like the dead, and like the slain who lie in the grave, 🞙
    whom you remember no more, and who are cut off from your hand.

5   You have laid me in the lowest pit, 🞙
    in a place of darkness, and in the deep.

6   Your indignation lies heavy upon me, 🞙
    and you have overwhelmed me with all your storms.

7   You have put my friends far from me, 🞙
    and made me to be abhorred by them.

8   I am in prison; 🞙
    I cannot go forth.

9   My sight fails because of trouble; 🞙
    Lord, I have called daily upon you; I have stretched forth my hands unto you.

10  Do you show wonders among the dead, 🞙
    or shall the dead rise up again and praise you?

11  Shall your loving-kindness be shown in the grave, 🞙
    or your faithfulness in destruction?

12  Shall your wondrous works be known in the dark, 🞙
    and your righteousness in the land where all things are forgotten?

13  Unto you have I cried, O Lord, 🞙
    and early shall my prayer come before you.

14  Lord, why do you cast off my soul 🞙
    and hide your face from me? 

15  I am in misery, like one who is at the point of death; 🞙
    even from my youth, your terrors have I suffered with a troubled mind.

16  Your wrathful displeasure goes over me, 🞙
    and the fear of you has undone me.

17  Daily they come round about me like water, 🞙
    and encompass me on every side.

18  My companions and neighbors you have put away from me, 🞙
    and hidden my friends out of my sight.
