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Psalms 88:9 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, LORD. I have spread out my hands to you. "

Psalms 88:9

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7 Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.

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

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

10 Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and praise you? Selah.

11 Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction?

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"LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you."

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"Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry."

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"For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol."

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"I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,"

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"set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand."

Psalms 88:6

"You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths."

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