| Chapter 88 |
1 | A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee.
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2 | Let my prayer enter into thy presence; Incline thine ear unto my cry.
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3 | For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.
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4 | I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help,
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5 | Cast off among the dead, Like the slain that lie in the grave, Whom thou rememberest no more, And they are cut off from thy hand.
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6 | Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps.
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7 | Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah
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8 | Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
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9 | Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction: I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah; I have spread forth my hands unto thee.
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10 | Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are decreased arise and praise thee? Selah
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11 | Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in Destruction?
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12 | Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
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13 | But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried; And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.
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14 | Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul? Why hidest thou thy face from me?
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15 | I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
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16 | Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.
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17 | They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together.
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18 | Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness.
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