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1 O LORD, God of my salvation; I cry out day and night before you.
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O Lord, God of my salvation, when, at night, I cry out in your presence,
2 Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry!
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let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry.
3 For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
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For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
4 I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am a man who has no strength,
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I am counted among those who go down to the Pit; I am like those who have no help,
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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like those forsaken 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.
6 You have put me in the depths of the pit, in the regions dark and deep.
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You have put me in the depths of the Pit, in the regions dark and deep.
7 Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah
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Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. (Selah)
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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You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a thing of horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape;
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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my eye grows dim through sorrow. Every day I call on you, O Lord; I spread out my hands to you.
10 Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah
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Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the shades rise up to praise you? (Selah)
11 Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
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Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
12 Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
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Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your saving help in the land of forgetfulness?
13 But I, O LORD, cry to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you.
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But I, O Lord, cry out to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you.
14 O LORD, why do you cast my soul away? Why do you hide your face from me?
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O Lord, why do you cast me off? Why do you hide your face from me?
15 Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.
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Wretched and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am desperate.
16 Your wrath has swept over me; your dreadful assaults destroy me.
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Your wrath has swept over me; your dread assaults destroy me.
17 They surround me like a flood all day long; they close in on me together.
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They surround me like a flood all day long; from all sides they close in on me.
18 You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me; my companions have become darkness.
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You have caused friend and neighbor to shun me; my companions are in darkness.
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