Ps 88
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A song of a Psalm for the sons of Core for the end, upon Maeleth for responsive strains,
of Gr. understanding instruction for Æman the Israelite. - O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried by
day and in the night before you.
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Let my prayer come in before you; incline your ear to my supplication, O Lord.
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For my soul is filled with troubles, and my life has drawn nigh to Hades.
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I have been reckoned with them that go down to the pit; I became as a man without
help;
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free among the dead, as the slain ones Alex. om. errimmenoi, cast out cast out, who sleep in the tomb; whom you remember no
more; and they are rejected
from your hand.
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They laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, and in the shadow of death.
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Your anger has pressed heavily upon me, and you have brought upon me all your billows.
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You have removed my acquaintance far from me; they have made me an abomination to
themselves; I have been delivered up, and have not gone forth.
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Mine eyes are dimmed from poverty; but I cried to you, O Lord, all the day; I spread
forth my hands to you.
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Will you work wonders for the dead? or shall See Hebrew physicians raise them up, that they shall praise you?
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Shall any one declare your mercy in the tomb? and your truth in destruction?
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Shall your wonders be known in darkness? and your righteousness in a forgotten land?
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But I cried to you, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent you.
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Wherefore, O Lord, do you reject my Heb. and Alex. soul prayer, and turn your face away from me?
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I am poor and in troubles from my youth; and having been exalted, I was brought low
and into See 2 Co 4:8 despair.
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Your anger has passed over me; and your terrors have greatly disquieted me.
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They compassed me like water; all the day they beset me together.
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You have put far from me Alex. friend and neighbour every friend, and mine acquaintances because of my wretchedness.