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1 LORD, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you.
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<<A song or Psalm for the sons of Korah. To the chief musician: Upon Mahalath Leannoth. A Psalm of Heman the Ezrahite, giving instruction.>> O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before Thee.
2 May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry.
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Let my prayer come before Thee; incline Thine ear unto my cry.
3 I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life draws near to death.
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For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
4 I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like one without strength.
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I am counted with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no strength,
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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cast among the dead like the slain that lie in the grave, whom Thou rememberest no more, and who are cut off from Thy hand.
6 You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
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Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
7 Your wrath lies heavily on me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.
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Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and Thou hast afflicted me with all Thy waves. Selah
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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Thou hast put away mine acquaintances far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them. I am shut up, and I cannot come forth;
9 my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, LORD, every day; I spread out my hands to you.
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mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction. LORD, I have called daily upon Thee; I have stretched out my hands unto Thee.
10 Do you show your wonders to the dead? Do their spirits rise up and praise you?
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Wilt Thou show wonders to the dead? Shall the dead arise and praise Thee? Selah
11 Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction ?
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Shall Thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or Thy faithfulness in destruction?
12 Are your wonders known in the place of darkness, or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?
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Shall Thy wonders be known in the dark? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13 But I cry to you for help, LORD; in the morning my prayer comes before you.
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But unto Thee have I cried, O LORD, and in the morning shall my prayer come before Thee.
14 Why, LORD, do you reject me and hide your face from me?
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LORD, why castest Thou off my soul? Why hidest Thou Thy face from me?
15 From my youth I have suffered and been close to death; I have borne your terrors and am in despair.
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I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up; while I suffer Thy terrors I am distraught.
16 Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me.
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Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.
17 All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me.
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They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
18 You have taken from me friend and neighbor— darkness is my closest friend.
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Lover and friend hast Thou put far from me, and mine acquaintances into darkness.
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