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[[A Song [or] Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.]] O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day [and] night before thee:
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Psa 88:2 |
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Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
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Psa 88:3 |
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For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
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Psa 88:4 |
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I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man [that hath] no strength:
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Psa 88:5 |
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Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
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Psa 88:6 |
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Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
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Psa 88:7 |
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Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted [me] with all thy waves. Selah.
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Psa 88:8 |
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Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: [I am] shut up, and I cannot come forth.
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Psa 88:9 |
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Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
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Psa 88:10 |
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Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise [and] praise thee? Selah.
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Psa 88:11 |
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Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? [or] thy faithfulness in destruction?
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Psa 88:12 |
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Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
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Psa 88:13 |
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But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
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Psa 88:14 |
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LORD, why castest thou off my soul? [why] hidest thou thy face from me?
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Psa 88:15 |
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I [am] afflicted and ready to die from [my] youth up: [while] I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
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Psa 88:16 |
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Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
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Psa 88:17 |
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They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
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Psa 88:18 |
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Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, [and] mine acquaintance into darkness.
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