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Psalms
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For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah. A song to be sung to the tune "The Suffering of Affliction." A psalm of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out to you by day. I come to you at night.
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Psalms
88
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3
For my life is full of troubles, and death draws near.
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Psalms
88
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4
I am as good as dead, like a strong man with no strength left.
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Psalms
88
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5
They have left me among the dead, and I lie like a corpse in a grave. I am forgotten, cut off from your care.
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Psalms
88
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6
You have thrown me into the lowest pit, into the darkest depths.
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Psalms
88
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7
Your anger weighs me down; with wave after wave you have engulfed me. Interlude
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Psalms
88
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8
You have driven my friends away by making me repulsive to them. I am in a trap with no way of escape.
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Psalms
88
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9
My eyes are blinded by my tears. Each day I beg for your help, O LORD; I lift my hands to you for mercy.
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Psalms
88
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10
Are your wonderful deeds of any use to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? Interlude
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Psalms
88
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11
Can those in the grave declare your unfailing love? Can they proclaim your faithfulness in the place of destruction?
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Psalms
88
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12
Can the darkness speak of your wonderful deeds? Can anyone in the land of forgetfulness talk about your righteousness?
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Psalms
88
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13
O LORD, I cry out to you. I will keep on pleading day by day.
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Psalms
88
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14
O LORD, why do you reject me? Why do you turn your face from me?
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Psalms
88
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15
I have been sick and close to death since my youth. I stand helpless and desperate before your terrors.
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Psalms
88
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16
Your fierce anger has overwhelmed me. Your terrors have paralyzed me.
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Psalms
88
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17
They swirl around me like floodwaters all day long. They have engulfed me completely.
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Psalms
88
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18
You have taken away my companions and loved ones. Darkness is my closest friend.