A prayer containing a grievous complaint.
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  88:1 ¶
[[A song of a Psalm for the sons of Korah{gr.Core} for the end, upon Maeleth for responsive [strains], of instruction for Heman{gr.Aeman} the Israelite.]] O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried by day and in the night before thee. |
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88:1 ¶
[[A Song°
[or] Psalm°
for the sons°
of Korah,°
to the chief Musician°°
upon°
Mahalath°
Leannoth,°°
Maschil°°
of Heman°
the Ezrahite.]]°
O Yahweh°
Elohim°
of my salvation,°
I have cried°°
day°
[and] night°
before°
thee: |
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88:2
Let my prayer come in before thee; incline thine ear to my supplication, O Lord. |
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88:2
Let my prayer°
come°°
before°
thee: incline°°
thine ear°
unto my cry;° |
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88:3
For my soul is filled with troubles, and my life has drawn nigh to the grave{gr.Hades}. |
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88:3
For°
my soul°
is full°°
of troubles:°
and my life°
draweth nigh°°
unto the grave.° |
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88:4
I have been reckoned with them that go down to the pit; I became as a man without help; |
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88:4
I am counted°°
with°
them that go down°°
into the pit:°
I am°
as a man°
[that hath] no°
strength:° |
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88:5
free among the dead, as the slain ones cast out, who sleep in the tomb; whom thou rememberest no more; and they are rejected from thy hand. |
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88:5
Free°
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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88:6
They laid me in the lowest pit, in dark [places], and in the shadow of death. |
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88:6
Thou hast laid°°
me in the lowest°
pit,°
in darkness,°
in the deeps.° |
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88:7
Thy wrath has pressed heavily upon me, and thou hast brought upon me all thy billows. Pause. |
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88:7
Thy wrath°
lieth hard°°
upon°
me, and thou hast afflicted°°
[me] with all°
thy waves.°
Selah.° |
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88:8
Thou hast removed my acquaintance far from me; they have made me an abomination to themselves; I have been delivered up, and have not gone forth. |
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88:8
Thou hast put away°°
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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88:9
Mine eyes are dimmed from poverty; but I cried to thee, O Lord, all the day; I spread forth my hands to thee. |
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88:9
Mine eye°
mourneth°°
by reason of°
affliction:°
Yahweh,°
I have called°°
daily°°
upon thee, I have stretched out°°
my hands°
unto thee.° |
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88:10
Wilt thou work wonders for the dead? or shall physicians raise [them] up, that they shall praise thee? |
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88:10
Wilt thou shew°°
wonders°
to the dead?°°
shall the dead°
arise°°
[and] praise°°
thee? Selah.° |
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88:11
Shall any one declare thy mercy in the tomb? and thy truth in destruction? |
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88:11
Shall thy lovingkindness°
be declared°°
in the grave?°
[or] thy faithfulness°
in destruction?° |
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88:12
Shall thy wonders be known in darkness? and thy righteousness in a forgotten land? |
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88:12
Shall thy wonders°
be known°°
in the dark?°
and thy righteousness°
in the land°
of forgetfulness?° |
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88:13
But I cried to thee, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. |
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88:13
But unto°
thee have I°
cried,°°
O Yahweh;°
and in the morning°
shall my prayer°
prevent°°
thee. |
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88:14
Wherefore, O Lord, dost thou reject my prayer, [and] turn thy face away from me? |
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88:14
Yahweh,°
why°
castest thou off°°
my soul?°
[why] hidest°°
thou thy face°
from°
me? |
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88:15
I am poor and in troubles from my youth; and having been exalted, I was brought low and into despair. |
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88:15
I°
[am] afflicted°
and ready to die°°
from [my] youth°
up:°°
[while] I suffer°°
thy terrors°
I am distracted.°° |
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88:16
Thy wrath has passed over me; and thy terrors have greatly disquieted me. |
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88:16
Thy fierce wrath°
goeth°
over°°°
me; thy terrors°
have cut me off.°° |
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88:17
They compassed me like water; all the day they beset me together. |
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88:17
They came round about°°
me daily°°
like water;°
they compassed°°
me about°°
together.° |
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88:18
Thou hast put far from me [every] friend, and mine acquaintances because of [my] wretchedness. |
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88:18
Lover°°
and friend°
hast thou put far°°
from°
me, [and] mine acquaintance°°
into darkness.° |
