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| [1]O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried by day and in the night before thee. |
[1]A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah, to the Overseer, `Concerning the Sickness of Afflictions.' -- An instruction, by Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, God of my salvation, Daily I have cried, nightly before Thee, |
| [2]Let my prayer come in before thee; incline thine ear to my supplication, O Lord. |
[2]My prayer cometh in before Thee, Incline Thine ear to my loud cry, |
| [3]For my soul is filled with troubles, and my life has drawn nigh to Hades. |
[3]For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol. |
| [4]I have been reckoned with them that go down to the pit; I became as a man without help; |
[4]I have been reckoned with those going down [to] the pit, I have been as a man without strength. |
| [5]free among the dead, as the slain ones cast out, who sleep in the tomb; whom thou rememberest no more; and they are rejected from thy hand. |
[5]Among the dead -- free, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom Thou hast not remembered any more, Yea, they by Thy hand have been cut off. |
| [6]They laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, and in the shadow of death. |
[6]Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths. |
| [7]Thy wrath has pressed heavily upon me, and thou hast brought upon me all thy billows. Pause. |
[7]Upon me hath Thy fury lain, And [with] all Thy breakers Thou hast afflicted. Selah. |
| [8]Thou hast removed my acquaintance far from me; they have made me an abomination to themselves; I have been delivered up, and have not gone forth. |
[8]Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me, Thou hast made me an abomination to them, Shut up -- I go not forth. |
| [9]Mine eyes are dimmed from poverty; but I cried to thee, O Lord, all the day; I spread forth my hands to thee. |
[9]Mine eye hath grieved because of affliction, I called Thee, O Jehovah, all the day, I have spread out unto Thee my hands. |
| [10]Wilt thou work wonders for the dead? or shall physicians raise them up, that they shall praise thee? |
[10]To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? Selah. |
| [11]Shall any one declare thy mercy in the tomb? and thy truth in destruction? |
[11]Is Thy kindness recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness in destruction? |
| [12]Shall thy wonders be known in darkness? and thy righteousness in a forgotten land? |
[12]Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? |
| [13]But I cried to thee, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. |
[13]And I, unto Thee, O Jehovah, I have cried, And in the morning doth my prayer come before Thee. |
| [14]Wherefore, O Lord, dost thou reject my prayer, and turn thy face away from me? |
[14]Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me. |
| [15]I am poor and in troubles from my youth; and having been exalted, I was brought low and into despair. |
[15]I [am] afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors -- I pine away. |
| [16]Thy wrath has passed over me; and thy terrors have greatly disquieted me. |
[16]Over me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off, |
| [17]They compassed me like water; all the day they beset me together. |
[17]They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together, |
| [18]Thou hast put far from me every friend, and mine acquaintances because of my wretchedness. |
[18]Thou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance [is] the place of darkness! |