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Psalms • Chapter 88
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A song, a psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief musician, upon Mahalath, for the afflicted, a skillful song for Heman the Ezrahite.
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Lord, my God, I called out to you for salvation; I cried out at night before you.
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May my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry.
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For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
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I considered myself with those going down to the pit; I was like a man without strength.
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In the dead ones, free like the slain lying in the grave, whom you do not remember anymore, and they are cut off from your hand.
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You have set me in the depths of the pit, in the dark places of the deep.
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Your wrath is upon me, and all your breakers I have endured. Selah.
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You have distanced my knowledge from me; I will not go out with all the abominations.
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My eye is wasted from my misery; I have called to you, O LORD, every day; I have stretched out my hands to you.
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Will you perform wonders for the dead, or will the corpses rise and praise you? Selah.
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Your steadfast love will be declared in the grave, your faithfulness in the place of destruction.
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Will your wonder be known in the darkness, and your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
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And I, to you, O Lord, I cried out, and in the morning my prayer will come before you.
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Why, O LORD, do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?
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I am poor, and I have been a stranger from my youth; I carry your mother.
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Your anger has passed over me; your terrors have destroyed me.
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They surrounded me like water all day; they pressed in on me together.
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