Psalm 87
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1 A Canticle Psalm to the sons of Korah. Unto the end. For Mahalath, to answer the understanding of Heman the Ezrahite.
2 O Lord, God of my salvation: I have cried out, day and night, in your presence.
3 Let my prayer enter in your sight. Incline your ear to my petition.
4 For my soul has been filled with evils, and my life has drawn near to Hell.
5 I am considered to be among those who will descend into the pit. I have become like a man without assistance,
6 idle among the dead. I am like the wounded sleeping in sepulchers, whom you no longer remember, and who have been repelled by your hand.
7 They have lain me in the lower pit: in dark places and in the shadow of death.
8 Your fury has been confirmed over me. And you have brought all your waves upon me.
9 You have sent my acquaintances far from me. They have set me as an abomination to themselves. I was handed over, yet I did not depart.
10 My eyes languished before destitution. All day long, I cried out to you, O Lord. I stretched out my hands to you.
11 Will you perform wonders for the dead? Or will physicians raise to life, and so confess to you?
12 Could anyone declare your mercy in the sepulcher, or your truth from within perdition?
13 Will your wonders be known in the darkness, or your justice in the land of oblivion?
14 And I have cried out to you, O Lord, and in early morning, my prayer will come before you.
15 Lord, why do you reject my prayer? Why do you turn your face away from me?
16 I am poor, and I have been amid hardships from my youth. And, though I have been exalted, I am humbled and disturbed.
17 Your wrath has crossed into me, and your terrors have disturbed me.
18 They have surrounded me like water, all day long. They have surrounded me, all at once.
19 Friend and neighbor, and my acquaintances, you have sent far away from me, away from misery.
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Psalms 87
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PSALM 87.
1A canticle of a psalm for the sons of Core: unto the end, for Maheleth, to answer understanding of Eman the Ezrahite.
2O Lord, the God of my salvation: I have cried in the day, and in the night before thee.
3Let my prayer come in before thee: incline thy ear to my petition.
4For my soul is filled with evils: and my life hath drawn nigh to hell.
5I am counted among them that go down to the pit: I am become as a man without help,
6free among the dead. Like the slain sleeping in the sepulchres, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cast off from thy hand.
7They have laid me in the lower pit: in the dark places, and in the shadow of death.
8Thy wrath is strong over me: and all thy waves thou hast brought in upon me.
9Thou hast put away my acquaintance far from me: they have set me an abomination to themselves. I was delivered up, and came not forth:
10my eyes languished through poverty. All the day I cried to thee, O Lord: I stretched out my hands to thee.
11Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? or shall physicians raise to life, and give praise to thee?
12Shall any one in the sepulchre declare thy mercy: and thy truth in destruction?
13Shall thy wonders be known in the dark; and thy justice in the land of forgetfulness?
14But I, O Lord, have cried to thee: and in the morning my prayer shall prevent thee.
15Lord, why castest thou off my prayer: why turnest thou away thy face from me?
16I am poor, and in labours from my youth: and being exalted have been humbled and troubled.
17Thy wrath hath come upon me: and thy terrors have troubled me.
18They have come round about me like water all the day: they have compassed me about together.
19Friend and neighbour thou hast put far from me: and my acquaintance, because of misery.
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