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Psalms
88
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1
O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee.
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Psalms
88
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2
Let my prayer enter into thy presence; Incline thine ear unto my cry.
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Psalms
88
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3
For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.
(ASV)
Psalms
88
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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,
(ASV)
Psalms
88
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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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Psalms
88
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6
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps.
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Psalms
88
:
7
Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah
(ASV)
Psalms
88
:
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.
(ASV)
Psalms
88
:
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.
(ASV)
Psalms
88
:
10
Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are decreased arise and praise thee? Selah
(ASV)
Psalms
88
:
11
Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in Destruction?
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Psalms
88
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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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Psalms
88
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13
But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried; And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.
(ASV)
Psalms
88
:
14
Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul? Why hidest thou thy face from me?
(ASV)
Psalms
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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Psalms
88
:
16
Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.
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Psalms
88
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17
They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together.
(ASV)
Psalms
88
:
18
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness.