Psa 71:2, 88:2-18 | ESV | STEP | In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline your ear to me, and save me!

Psalms 71:2

2 In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;
incline your ear to me, and save me!

Psalms 88:2-18

2 Let my prayer come before you;
^aincline your ear to my cry!
3 For my soul is full of troubles,
and ^bmy life draws near to ^cSheol.
4 I am counted among those who ^dgo down to the pit;
I am a man who has no strength,
5 like one set loose among the dead,
like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom ^eyou remember no more,
for they are ^fcut off from your hand.
6 You have put me in ^gthe depths of the pit,
in the ^hregions dark and ⁱdeep.
7 Your wrath ^jlies heavy upon me,
and you overwhelm me with ^kall your waves. Selah
8 You have caused ^lmy companions to shun me;
you have made me ^ma horror ^{▼▼Or an abomination} to them.
I am ^oshut in so that I cannot escape;
9 ^pmy eye grows dim through sorrow.
Every day I call upon you, O Lord;
I ^qspread out my hands to you.
10 Do you work wonders for the dead?
^rDo the departed rise up to praise you? Selah
11 Is your steadfast love declared in the grave,
or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
12 Are your ^swonders known in ^tthe darkness,
or your righteousness in the land of ^uforgetfulness?
13 But I, O Lord, cry ^vto you;
^win the morning my prayer comes before you.
14 O Lord, why ^xdo you cast my soul away?
Why ^ydo you hide your face from me?
15 Afflicted and close to death from my youth up,
I suffer your terrors; I am helpless. ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain}
16 Your wrath has swept over me;
your ^aadreadful assaults destroy me.
17 They ^absurround me like a flood ^acall day long;
they ^adclose in on me together.
18 You have caused ^aemy beloved and my friend to shun me;
my companions have become darkness. ^{▼▼Or darkness has become my only companion}