Psalm 88:12-17 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

12. Are your miracles known in that dark place? Are your holy acts known in that land where the dead are forgotten?

13. Lord, I cry out to you for help. In the morning I pray to you.

14. Lord, why do you say no to me? Why do you turn your face away from me?

15. I've been in pain ever since I was young. I've been close to death. You have made me suffer terrible things. I have lost all hope.

16. Your burning anger has swept over me. Your terrors have destroyed me.

17. All day long they surround me like a flood. They have closed in all around me.

Psalm 88