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Psalm 88
1O LORD, my God, my Savior, *
by day and night I cry to you.

2Let my prayer enter into your presence; *
incline your ear to my lamentation.

3For I am full of trouble; *
my life is at the brink of the grave.

4I am counted among those who go down to the Pit; *
I have become like one who has no strength;

5Lost among the dead, *
like the slain who lie in the grave,

6Whom you remember no more, *
for they are cut off from your hand.

7You have laid me in the depths of the Pit, *
in dark places, and in the abyss.

8Your anger weighs upon me heavily, *
and all your great waves overwhelm me.

9You have put my friends far from me;
you have made me to be abhorred by them; *
I am in prison and cannot get free.

10My sight has failed me because of trouble; *
LORD, I have called upon you daily;
I have stretched out my hands to you.

11Do you work wonders for the dead? *
will those who have died stand up and give you thanks?

12Will your loving-kindness be declared in the grave? *
your faithfulness in the land of destruction?

13Will your wonders be known in the dark? *
or your righteousness in the country where all
is forgotten?

14But as for me, O LORD, I cry to you for help; *
in the morning my prayer comes before you.

15LORD, why have you rejected me? *
why have you hidden your face from me?

16Ever since my youth, I have been wretched and at the
point of death; *
I have borne your terrors with a troubled mind.

17Your blazing anger has swept over me; *
your terrors have destroyed me;

18They surround me all day long like a flood; *
they encompass me on every side.

19My friend and my neighbor you have put away from me, *
and darkness is my only companion.

Collect of the Day – The Third Sunday in Lent
Almighty God, you know that we have no power in ourselves to help ourselves: Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Daily Psalm and Prayer – Friday, March 24

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