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1 O Lord, God of my salvation, when, at night, I cry out in your presence,
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<A Song. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah. To the chief music-maker; put to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil. Of Heman the Ezrahite. O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night:
2 let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry.
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Let my prayer come before you; give 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 evils, and my life has come near to the underworld.
4 I am counted among those who go down to the Pit; I am like those who have no help,
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I am numbered among those who go down into the earth; I have become like a man for whom there is no help:
5 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.
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My soul is among the dead, like those in the underworld, to whom you give no more thought; for they are cut off from your care.
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 lowest deep, even in dark places.
7 Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. (Selah)
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The weight of your wrath is crushing me, all your waves have overcome me. (Selah.)
8 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;
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You have sent my friends far away from me; you have made me a disgusting thing in their eyes: I am shut up, and not able to come out.
9 my eye grows dim through sorrow. Every day I call on you, O Lord; I spread out my hands to you.
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My eyes are wasting away because of my trouble: Lord, my cry has gone up to you every day, my hands are stretched out to you.
10 Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the shades rise up to praise you? (Selah)
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Will you do works of wonder for the dead? will the shades come back to give you praise? (Selah.)
11 Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
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Will the story of your mercy be given in the house of the dead? will news of your faith come to the place of destruction?
12 Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your saving help in the land of forgetfulness?
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May there be knowledge of your wonders in the dark? or of your righteousness where memory is dead?
13 But I, O Lord, cry out to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you.
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But to you did I send up my cry, O Lord; in the morning my prayer came before you.
14 O Lord, why do you cast me off? Why do you hide your face from me?
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Lord, why have you sent away my soul? why is your face covered from me?
15 Wretched and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am desperate.
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I have been troubled and in fear of death from the time when I was young; your wrath is hard on me, and I have no strength.
16 Your wrath has swept over me; your dread assaults destroy me.
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The heat of your wrath has gone over me; I am broken by your cruel punishments.
17 They surround me like a flood all day long; from all sides they close in on me.
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They are round me all the day like water; they have made a circle about me.
18 You have caused friend and neighbor to shun me; my companions are in darkness.
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You have sent my friends and lovers far from me; I am gone from the memory of those who are dear to me.
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