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Psalms
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A Song. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, God of my salvation; I cry out day and night before you.
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88
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Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry!
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Psalms
88
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3
For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
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Psalms
88
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4
I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am a man who has no strength,
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Psalms
88
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5
like one set loose among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, like those whom you remember no more, for they are cut off from your hand.
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88
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You have put me in the depths of the pit, in the regions dark and deep.
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88
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7
Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah
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88
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8
You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape;
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88
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9
my eye grows dim through sorrow. Every day I call upon you, O LORD; I spread out my hands to you.
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Psalms
88
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10
Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah
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Psalms
88
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11
Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
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Psalms
88
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12
Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
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Psalms
88
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13
But I, O LORD, cry to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you.
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Psalms
88
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14
O LORD, why do you cast my soul away? Why do you hide your face from me?
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Psalms
88
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15
Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.
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Psalms
88
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16
Your wrath has swept over me; your dreadful assaults destroy me.
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88
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17
They surround me like a flood all day long; they close in on me together.
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Psalms
88
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18
You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me; my companions have become darkness.