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1 Lord, you are the God who saves me. I cry out to you day and night.
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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 Receive my prayer, and listen 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 My life is full of troubles, and I am nearly dead.
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3 For my soul is full of trouble and my life draws near the grave.
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4 They think I am on the way to my grave. I am like a man with 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 I have been left as dead, like a body lying in a grave whom you don't remember anymore, cut off from your care.
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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 brought me close to death; I am almost in the dark place of the dead.
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6 You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
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7 You have been very angry with me; all your waves crush me.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 away from me and have made them hate me. I am trapped and cannot 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 weak from crying. Lord, I have prayed to you every day; I have lifted my hands in prayer 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 your miracles for the dead? Do their spirits 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 Will your love be told in the grave? Will your loyalty be told in the place of death?
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11 Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction ?
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12 Will your miracles be known in the dark grave? Will your goodness be known 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, Lord, I have called out to you for help; every morning I pray to 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 Lord, why do you reject me? Why do you hide 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 have been weak and dying since I was young. I suffer from your terrors, and I am helpless.
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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 You have been angry with me, and your terrors have destroyed me.
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16 Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me.
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17 They surround me daily like a flood; they are all around 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 taken away my loved ones and friends. Darkness is my only friend. A maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
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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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| Scripture taken from the New Century Version. Copyright © 1987, 1988, 1991 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New Century Version Online Bible) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
