Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE
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1 (87-1) <A canticle of a psalm for the sons of Core: unto the end, for Maheleth, to answer understanding of Eman the Ezrahite.> (87-2) O Lord, the God of my salvation: I have cried in the day, and in the night before thee.
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O LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out to you by day. I come to you at night.
2 (87-3) Let my prayer come in before thee: incline thy ear to my petition.
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Now hear my prayer; listen to my cry.
3 (87-4) For my soul is filled with evils: and my life hath drawn nigh to hell.
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For my life is full of troubles, and death draws near.
4 (87-5) I am counted among them that go down to the pit: I am become as a man without help,
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I am as good as dead, like a strong man with no strength left.
5 (87-6) Free among the dead. Like the slain sleeping in the sepulchres, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
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They have left me among the dead, and I lie like a corpse in a grave. I am forgotten, cut off from your care.
6 (87-7) They have laid me in the lower pit: in the dark places, and in the shadow of death.
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You have thrown me into the lowest pit, into the darkest depths.
7 (87-8) Thy wrath is strong over me: and all thy waves thou hast brought in upon me.
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Your anger weighs me down; with wave after wave you have engulfed me. Interlude
8 (87-9) Thou hast put away my acquaintance far from me: they have set me an abomination to themselves. I was delivered up, and came not forth:
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You have driven my friends away by making me repulsive to them. I am in a trap with no way of escape.
9 (87-10) My eyes languished through poverty. All the day I cried to thee, O Lord: I stretched out my hands to thee.
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My eyes are blinded by my tears. Each day I beg for your help, O LORD ; I lift my hands to you for mercy.
10 (87-11) Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? or shall physicians raise to life, and give praise to thee?
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Are your wonderful deeds of any use to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? Interlude
11 (87-12) Shall any one in the sepulchre declare thy mercy: and thy truth in destruction?
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Can those in the grave declare your unfailing love? Can they proclaim your faithfulness in the place of destruction?
12 (87-13) Shall thy wonders be known in the dark; and thy justice in the land of forgetfulness?
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Can the darkness speak of your wonderful deeds? Can anyone in the land of forgetfulness talk about your righteousness?
13 (87-14) But I, O Lord, have cried to thee: and in the morning my prayer shall prevent thee.
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O LORD, I cry out to you. I will keep on pleading day by day.
14 (87-15) Lord, why castest thou off my prayer: why turnest thou away thy face from me?
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O LORD, why do you reject me? Why do you turn your face from me?
15 (87-16) I am poor, and in labours from my youth: and being exalted have been humbled and troubled.
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I have been sick and close to death since my youth. I stand helpless and desperate before your terrors.
16 (87-17) Thy wrath hath come upon me: and thy terrors have troubled me.
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Your fierce anger has overwhelmed me. Your terrors have paralyzed me.
17 (87-18) They have come round about me like water all the day: they have compassed me about together.
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They swirl around me like floodwaters all day long. They have engulfed me completely.
18 (87-19) Friend and neighbour thou hast put far from me: and my acquaintance, because of misery.
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You have taken away my companions and loved ones. Darkness is my closest friend.
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