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Psalm 88:2-4
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 88:2-4
New Catholic Bible
2 [a]O Lord, the God of my salvation,
day and night I cry out to you.
3 Let my prayer come before you;
give ear to my cry for help.
4 [b]For my soul[c] is filled with misery,
and my life draws near to the netherworld.
Footnotes
- Psalm 88:2 The psalmist, despite his wretched state, has not lost hope; he believes that the Lord is the God who saves and so he cries out to him for help.
- Psalm 88:4 His soul is full of troubles; indeed, he is accounted as one already in the grave and cut off from God (see Ps 143:7; Job 10:15; 17:1).
- Psalm 88:4 Soul: see note on Ps 6:4. Netherworld: see note on Ps 6:6.
