42 lines
1.5 KiB
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42 lines
1.5 KiB
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# Chapter 88
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1 Lord, God of my salvation,
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I cry out before you day and night.
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2 May my prayer reach your presence;
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listen to my cry.
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3 For I have had enough troubles,
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and my life is near Sheol.
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4 I am counted among those going down to the Pit.
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I am like a man without strength,
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5 abandoned among the dead.
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I am like the slain lying in the grave,
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whom you no longer remember,
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and who are cut off from your care.
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6 You have put me in the lowest part of the Pit,
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in the darkest places, in the depths.
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7 Your wrath weighs heavily on me;
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you have overwhelmed me with all your waves. Selah
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8 You have distanced my friends from me;
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you have made me repulsive to them.
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I am shut in and cannot go out.
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9 My eyes are worn out from crying.
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Lord, I cry out to you all day long;
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I spread out my hands to you.
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10 Do you work wonders for the dead?
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Do departed spirits rise up to praise you? Selah
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11 Will your faithful love be declared in the grave,
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your faithfulness in Abaddon?
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12 Will your wonders be known in the darkness
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or your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
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13 But I call to you for help, Lord;
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in the morning my prayer meets you.
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14 Lord, why do you reject me?
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Why do you hide your face from me?
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15 From my youth,
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I have been suffering and near death.
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I suffer your horrors; I am desperate.
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16 Your wrath sweeps over me;
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your terrors destroy me.
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17 They surround me like water all day long;
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they close in on me from every side.
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18 You have distanced loved one and neighbor from me;
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darkness is my only friend. |