| Chapter 88 |
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A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah, to the Overseer, `Concerning the Sickness of Afflictions.` -- An instruction, by Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, God of my salvation, Daily I have cried, nightly before Thee, |
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My prayer cometh in before Thee, Incline Thine ear to my loud cry, |
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For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol. |
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I have been reckoned with those going down to the pit, I have been as a man without strength. |
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Among the dead -- free, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom Thou hast not remembered any more, Yea, they by Thy hand have been cut off. |
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Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths. |
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Upon me hath Thy fury lain, And with all Thy breakers Thou hast afflicted. Selah. |
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Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me, Thou hast made me an abomination to them, Shut up -- I go not forth. |
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Mine eye hath grieved because of affliction, I called Thee, O Jehovah, all the day, I have spread out unto Thee my hands. |
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To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? Selah. |
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Is Thy kindness recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness in destruction? |
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Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? |
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And I, unto Thee, O Jehovah, I have cried, And in the morning doth my prayer come before Thee. |
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Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me. |
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I am afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors -- I pine away. |
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Over me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off, |
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They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together, |
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Thou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance is the place of darkness! |
