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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, when, at night, I cry out in your presence,
2 (87-3) Let my prayer come in before thee: incline thy ear to my petition.
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let my prayer come before you; incline your ear 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 soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
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 counted among those who go down to the Pit; I am like those who have no help,
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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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 (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 put me in the depths of the Pit, in the regions dark and deep.
7 (87-8) Thy wrath is strong over me: and all thy waves thou hast brought in upon me.
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Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. (Selah)
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 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 (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 eye grows dim through sorrow. Every day I call on you, O Lord; I spread out my hands to you.
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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Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the shades rise up to praise you? (Selah)
11 (87-12) Shall any one in the sepulchre declare thy mercy: and thy truth in destruction?
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Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
12 (87-13) Shall thy wonders be known in the dark; and thy justice 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 (87-14) But I, O Lord, have cried to thee: and in the morning my prayer shall prevent thee.
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But I, O Lord, cry out to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you.
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 cast me off? Why do you hide 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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Wretched and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am desperate.
16 (87-17) Thy wrath hath come upon me: and thy terrors have troubled me.
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Your wrath has swept over me; your dread assaults destroy 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 surround me like a flood all day long; from all sides they close in on me.
18 (87-19) Friend and neighbour thou hast put far from me: and my acquaintance, because of misery.
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You have caused friend and neighbor to shun me; my companions are in darkness.
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