8. You have taken from me my closest friendsand have made me repulsive to them.I am confined and cannot escape;
9. my eyes are dim with grief.I call to you, Lord, every day;I spread out my hands to you.
10. Do you show your wonders to the dead?Do their spirits rise up and praise you?
11. Is your love declared in the grave,your faithfulness in Destruction?
12. Are your wonders known in the place of darkness,or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?
13. But I cry to you for help, Lord;in the morning my prayer comes before you.
14. Why, Lord, do you reject meand hide your face from me?
15. From my youth I have suffered and been close to death;I have borne your terrors and am in despair.
16. Your wrath has swept over me;your terrors have destroyed me.
17. All day long they surround me like a flood;they have completely engulfed me.