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PSALMS
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- 3Let my prayer come before Thee,
- Incline Thine ear unto my cry.
- 4For my soul is sated with troubles,
- And my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
- 5I am counted with them that go down into the pit;
- I am become as a man that hath no help;
- 6Set 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.
- 7Thou hast laid me in the nethermost pit,
- In dark places, in the deeps.
- 8Thy wrath lieth hard upon me,
- And all Thy waves Thou pressest down. Selah
- 9Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me;
- Thou hast made me an abomination unto them;
- I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
- 10Mine eye languisheth by reason of affliction;
- I have called upon Thee, O Lord, every day,
- I have spread forth my hands unto Thee.
- 11Wilt Thou work wonders for the dead?
- Or shall the shades arise and give Thee thanks? Selah
- 12Shall Thy mercy be declared in the grave?
- Or Thy faithfulness in destruction?
- 13Shall Thy wonders be known in the dark?
- And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
- 14But as for me, unto Thee, O Lord, do I cry,
- And in the morning doth my prayer come to meet Thee.
- 15Lord, why castest Thou off my soul?
- Why hidest Thou Thy face from me?
- 16I am afflicted and at the point of death from my youth up;
- I have borne Thy terrors, I am distracted.
- 17Thy fierce wrath is gone over me;
- Thy terrors have cut me off.
- 18They came round about me like water all the day;
- They compassed me about together.
- 19Friend and companion hast Thou put far from me,
- And mine acquaintance into darkness.
89 Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
- 2I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever;
- To all generations will I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth.
- 3For I have said: 'For ever is mercy built;
- In the very heavens Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness.
- 4I have made a covenant with My chosen,
- I have sworn unto David My servant:
- 5For ever will I establish thy seed,
- And build up thy throne to all generations.' Selah
- 6So shall the heavens praise Thy wonders, O Lord,
- Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
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