You have caused (A)my companions to shun me;
    you have made me (B)a horror[a] to them.
I am (C)shut in so that I cannot escape;
    (D)my eye grows dim through sorrow.
Every day I call upon you, O Lord;
    I (E)spread out my hands to you.
10 Do you work wonders for the dead?
    (F)Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 88:8 Or an abomination

You have taken from me my closest friends(A)
    and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined(B) and cannot escape;(C)
    my eyes(D) are dim with grief.

I call(E) to you, Lord, every day;
    I spread out my hands(F) to you.
10 Do you show your wonders to the dead?
    Do their spirits rise up and praise you?(G)

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