| Chapter 88 |
1 | A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah, to the Overseer, 'Concerning the Sickness of Afflictions.' -- An instruction, by Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, God of my salvation, Daily I have cried, nightly before Thee,
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2 | My prayer cometh in before Thee, Incline Thine ear to my loud cry,
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3 | For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol.
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4 | I have been reckoned with those going down [to] the pit, I have been as a man without strength.
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5 | Among the dead -- free, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom Thou hast not remembered any more, Yea, they by Thy hand have been cut off.
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6 | Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths.
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7 | Upon me hath Thy fury lain, And [with] all Thy breakers Thou hast afflicted. Selah.
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8 | Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me, Thou hast made me an abomination to them, Shut up -- I go not forth.
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9 | Mine eye hath grieved because of affliction, I called Thee, O Jehovah, all the day, I have spread out unto Thee my hands.
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10 | To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? Selah.
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11 | Is Thy kindness recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness in destruction?
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12 | Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
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13 | And I, unto Thee, O Jehovah, I have cried, And in the morning doth my prayer come before Thee.
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14 | Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me.
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15 | I [am] afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors -- I pine away.
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16 | Over me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off,
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17 | They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together,
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18 | Thou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance [is] the place of darkness!
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