PsalmsPsalm 88 |
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1 O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee; |
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2 Let my prayer come before thee; incline thine ear unto my supplication; |
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3 For my soul is full of troubles and my life draws near to Sheol. |
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4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit; I am like a man who has no strength; |
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5 Like a nobleman abandoned among the dead, like the slain that lie down in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more; they are lost to thee. |
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6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the shadow of death. |
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7 Thy wrath rests hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. |
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8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintances far from me; thou hast made me an abomination to them; I am shut up and I cannot come forth. |
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9 Mine eyes are weakened from weeping; LORD, I have called daily upon thee; I have stretched out my hands to thee. |
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10 Behold thou wilt show wonders to the dead; the mighty ones shall rise and praise thee. |
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11 They that are in the graves shall declare thy lovingkindness, and thy faithfulness in destruction. |
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12 Thy wonders shall be known in the dark, and thy righteousness in the land that has been forsaken. |
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13 But to thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer come early before thee. |
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14 O LORD, forsake not my soul, and turn not thy face from me. |
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15 I am poor and afflicted from my youth; I have been proud, but now I am humbled and crushed. |
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16 Thy fierce wrath goes over me; thy terrors have silenced me. |
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17 They came round about me daily like water; they set themselves in array against me. |
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18 Friends and neighbors thou hast put far from me, and mine acquaintances thou hast kept away from me. |