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Revised Standard Version RSV
1 O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
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A Song. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, my God, I call for help by day; I cry out in the night before thee.
2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
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Let my prayer come before thee, incline thy ear to my cry!
3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
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For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
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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I am reckoned among those who go down to the Pit; I am a man who has no strength,
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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like one forsaken among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, like those whom thou dost remember no more, for they are cut off from thy hand.
6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
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Thou hast put me in the depths of the Pit, in the regions dark and deep.
7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
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Thy wrath lies heavy upon me, and thou dost overwhelm me with all thy waves. [Selah]
8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
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Thou hast caused my companions to shun me; thou hast made me a thing of horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape;
9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
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my eye grows dim through sorrow. Every day I call upon thee, O LORD; I spread out my hands to thee.
10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
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Dost thou work wonders for the dead? Do the shades rise up to praise thee? [Selah]
11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?
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Is thy steadfast love declared in the grave, or thy faithfulness in Abaddon?
12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
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Are thy wonders known in the darkness, or thy saving help in the land of forgetfulness?
13 But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
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But I, O LORD, cry to thee; in the morning my prayer comes before thee.
14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
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O LORD, why dost thou cast me off? Why dost thou hide thy face from me?
15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
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Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, I suffer thy terrors; I am helpless.
16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
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Thy wrath has swept over me; thy dread assaults destroy me.
17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
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They surround me like a flood all day long; they close in upon me together.
18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
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Thou hast caused lover and friend to shun me; my companions are in darkness.
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