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1 <> Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.
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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 enter into your presence. Turn your 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. My life draws near to Sheol.
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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 among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,
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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 Set apart among the dead, Like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your 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 You have laid me in the lowest pit, In the darkest depths.
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6 You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
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7 Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your 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 You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can't escape.
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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 eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Yahweh. I have spread out my hands to you.
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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 Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? 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 Is your lovingkindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction?
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11 Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction ?
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12 Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your 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 you, Yahweh, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you.
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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 Yahweh, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your 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 your 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 Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Your 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 like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.
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17 All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me.
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18 You have put lover and friend far from me, And my friends 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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