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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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1 O LORD, the God who saves me, day and night I cry out before you.
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2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thy ear to my cry;
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2 May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry.
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3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh to the grave.
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3 For my soul is full of trouble and my life draws near the grave.
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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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4 I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like a man without strength.
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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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5 I am set apart with the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, who are cut off from your care.
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6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
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6 You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
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7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted [me] with all thy waves. Selah.
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7 Your wrath lies heavily upon me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves. "Selah"
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8 Thou hast put away my acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination to them: [I am] shut up, and I cannot come forth.
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8 You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape;
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9 My eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands to thee.
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9 my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, O LORD, every day; I spread out my hands to you.
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10 Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise [and] praise thee? Selah.
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10 Do you show your wonders to the dead? Do those who are dead rise up and praise you? "Selah"
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11 Shall thy loving-kindness be declared in the grave? [or] thy faithfulness in destruction?
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11 Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction ?
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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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12 Are your wonders known in the place of darkness, or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?
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13 But to thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.
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13 But I cry to you for help, O LORD; in the morning my prayer comes before you.
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14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? [why] hidest thou thy face from me?
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14 Why, O LORD, do you reject me and hide your face from me?
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15 I [am] afflicted and ready to die from [my] youth up: [while] I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
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15 From my youth I have been afflicted and close to death; I have suffered your terrors and am in despair.
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16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
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16 Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me.
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17 They came around me daily like water; they encompassed me together.
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17 All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me.
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18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, [and] my acquaintance into darkness.
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18 You have taken my companions and loved ones from me; the darkness is my closest friend.
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