A prayer containing a grievous complaint.
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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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88:1 ¶
[[A Song [or] Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.]] O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day [and] night before thee: |
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88:2
Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; |
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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 full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. |
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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 am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man [that hath] no strength: |
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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, 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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88:5
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
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. |
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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 lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted [me] with all thy waves. Selah. |
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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 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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88:8
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 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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88:9
Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto 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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88:10
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise [and] praise thee? Selah. |
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88:11
Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? [or] thy faithfulness 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 the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? |
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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 unto thee have I cried, O Yahweh; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. |
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88:13
But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. |
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88:14
Yahweh, why castest thou off my soul? [why] hidest thou thy face from me? |
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88:14
LORD, why castest thou off my soul? [why] hidest thou thy face from me? |
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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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88:15
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 fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off. |
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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 came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about 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
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, [and] mine acquaintance into darkness. |
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88:18
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, [and] mine acquaintance into darkness. |
