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A Song[H7892] or Psalm[H4210] for the sons[H1121] of Korah[H7141], to the chief Musician[H5329] upon Mahalath[H4257] Leannoth[H6031], Maschil[H4905] of Heman[H1968] the Ezrahite[H250]. O LORD[H3068] God[H430] of my salvation[H3444], I have cried[H6817] day[H3117] and night[H3915] before thee:
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Let my prayer[H8605] come[H935] before[H6440] thee: incline[H5186] thine ear[H241] unto my cry[H7440];
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For my soul[H5315] is full[H7646] of troubles[H7451]: and my life[H2416] draweth nigh[H5060] unto the grave[H7585].
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I am counted[H2803] with them that go down[H3381] into the pit[H953]: I am as a man[H1397] that hath no strength[H353]:
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Free[H2670] among the dead[H4191], like the slain[H2491] that lie[H7901] in the grave[H6913], whom thou rememberest[H2142] no more: and they are cut off[H1504] from thy hand[H3027].
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Thou hast laid[H7896] me in the lowest[H8482] pit[H953], in darkness[H4285], in the deeps[H4688].
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Thy wrath[H2534] lieth hard[H5564] upon me, and thou hast afflicted[H6031] me with all thy waves[H4867]. Selah[H5542].
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Thou hast put away[H7368] mine acquaintance[H3045] far[H7368] from me; thou hast made[H7896] me an abomination[H8441] unto them: I am shut up[H3607], and I cannot come forth[H3318].
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Mine eye[H5869] mourneth[H1669] by reason of affliction[H6040]: LORD[H3068], I have called[H7121] daily[H3117] upon thee, I have stretched out[H7849] my hands[H3709] unto thee.
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Wilt thou shew[H6213] wonders[H6382] to the dead?[H4191] shall the dead[H7496] arise[H6965] and praise[H3034] thee? Selah[H5542].
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Shall thy lovingkindness[H2617] be declared[H5608] in the grave?[H6913] or thy faithfulness[H530] in destruction?[H11]
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Shall thy wonders[H6382] be known[H3045] in the dark?[H2822] and thy righteousness[H6666] in the land[H776] of forgetfulness?[H5388]
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But unto thee have I cried[H7768], O LORD[H3068]; and in the morning[H1242] shall my prayer[H8605] prevent[H6923] thee.
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LORD[H3068], why castest thou off[H2186] my soul?[H5315] why hidest[H5641] thou thy face[H6440] from me?
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I am afflicted[H6041] and ready to die[H1478] from my youth[H5290] up: while I suffer[H5375] thy terrors[H367] I am distracted[H6323].
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Thy fierce wrath[H2740] goeth over[H5674] me; thy terrors[H1161] have cut me off[H6789].
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They came round about[H5437] me daily[H3117] like water[H4325]; they compassed[H5362] me about[H5437] together[H3162].
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Lover[H157] and friend[H7453] hast thou put far[H7368] from me, and mine acquaintance[H3045] into darkness[H4285].