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- Chapter 88 -

Day and night I cry out before you

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A SONG. A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH. TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] ON “SICKNESS TO AFFLICT.” AN INSTRUCTION OF HEMAN THE EZRAHITE. O YHWH, God of my salvation, || Daily I have cried, nightly before You,
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My prayer comes in before You, || Incline Your ear to my loud cry,
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For my soul has been full of evils, || And my life has come to Sheol.
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I have been reckoned with those going down [to] the pit, || I have been as a man without strength.
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Among the dead—free, || As pierced ones lying in the grave, || Whom You have not remembered anymore, || Indeed, they have been cut off by Your hand.
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You have put me in the lowest pit, || In dark places, in depths.
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Your fury has lain on me, || And You have afflicted [with] all Your breakers. Selah.
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You have put my acquaintance far from me, || You have made me an abomination to them, || Shut up—I do not go forth.
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My eye has grieved because of affliction, || I called You, O YHWH, all the day, || I have spread out my hands to You.
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Do You do wonders to the dead? Does Rephaim rise? Do they thank You? Selah.
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Is Your kindness recounted in the grave? Your faithfulness in destruction?
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Are Your wonders known in the darkness? And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
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And I, to You, O YHWH, I have cried, || And in the morning my prayer comes before You.
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Why, O YHWH, do You cast off my soul? You hide Your face from me.
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I [am] afflicted, and expiring from youth, || I have borne Your terrors—I pine away.
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Your wrath has passed over me, || Your terrors have cut me off,
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They have surrounded me as waters all the day, || They have gone around against me together,
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You have put lover and friend far from me, || My acquaintance [is] the place of darkness!
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Day and night I cry out before you

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LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.
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Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.
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For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.(a)
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I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,
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set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.
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You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
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Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.
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You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can’t escape.
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My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, LORD. I have spread out my hands to you.
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Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and praise you? Selah.
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Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction?
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Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
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But to you, LORD, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you.
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LORD, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?
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I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.
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Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me off.
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They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.
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You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness.

Footnotes

(a)88:3 Sheol is the place of the dead.
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