A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Leader; upon Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.
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O LORD, God of my salvation, What time I cry in the night before Thee,
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Let my prayer come before Thee, Incline Thine ear unto my cry.
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For my soul is sated with troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
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I am counted with them that go down into the pit; I am become as a man that hath no help;
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Set apart 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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Thou hast laid me in the nether-most pit, In dark places, in the deeps.
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Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And all Thy waves Thou pressest down. Selah
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Thou hast put 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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Mine eye languisheth by reason of affliction; I have called upon Thee, O LORD, every day, I have spread forth my hands unto Thee.
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Wilt Thou work wonders for the dead? Or shall the shades arise and give Thee thanks? Selah
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Shall Thy mercy be declared in the grave? Or Thy faithfulness in destruction?
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Shall Thy wonders be known in the dark? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
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But as for me, unto Thee, O LORD, do I cry, And in the morning doth my prayer come to meet Thee.
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LORD, why castest Thou off my soul? Why hidest Thou Thy face from me?
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I am afflicted and at the point of death from my youth up; I have borne Thy terrors, I am distracted.
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Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.
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They came round about me like water all the day; They compassed me about together.
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Friend and companion hast Thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness.
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