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A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee. -
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Let my prayer enter into thy presence; Incline thine ear unto my cry. -
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For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol. -
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I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help, -
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Cast off 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 lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps. -
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Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. 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 wasteth away by reason of affliction: I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah; I have spread forth my hands unto thee. -
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Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are decreased arise and praise thee? Selah -
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Shall thy lovingkindness 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 unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried; And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee. -
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Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul? Why hidest thou thy face from me? -
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I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer 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 long; They compassed me about together. -
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Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness. -
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