A Prayer for Deliverance from Death |
| A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Ma'halath Le-an'noth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. |
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O LORD God of my salvation,
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I have cried day and night before thee: |
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let my prayer come before thee:
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incline thine ear unto my cry; |
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for my soul is full of troubles:
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and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. |
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I am counted with them that go down into the pit:
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I am as a man that hath no strength: |
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free among the dead,
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like the slain that lie in the grave, |
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whom thou rememberest no more: |
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and they are cut off from thy hand. |
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Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit,
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in darkness, in the deeps. |
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Thy wrath lieth hard upon me,
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and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah. |
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Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me;
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thou hast made me an abomination unto them: |
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I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. |
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Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction:
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LORD, I have called daily upon thee, |
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I have stretched out my hands unto thee. |
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Wilt thou show wonders to the dead?
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Shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. |
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Shall thy loving-kindness be declared in the grave?
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or thy faithfulness in destruction? |
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Shall thy wonders be known in the dark?
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and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? |
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But unto thee have I cried, O LORD;
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and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. |
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LORD, why castest thou off my soul?
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Why hidest thou thy face from me? |
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I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up:
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while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. |
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Thy fierce wrath goeth over me;
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thy terrors have cut me off. |
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They came round about me daily like water;
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they compassed me about together. |
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Lover and friend hast thou put far from me,
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and mine acquaintance into darkness. |
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