Psalms 87

1An ode of a psalm for the sons of Korah; for the End, for the Mahalath to respond; understanding for Heman the Israelite.

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2O Lord God of my salvation, I cry day and night before You.

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3Let my prayer come before You; Incline Your ear to my supplication, O Lord.

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4For my soul is filled with sorrows, And my soul draws near to Hades;

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5I am counted among those who go down into the pit; I am like a helpless man, free among the dead,

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6Like slain men thrown down and sleeping in a grave, Whom You remember no more, But they are removed from Your hand.

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7They laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places and in the shadow of death.

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8Your wrath rested upon me, And You brought all Your billows over me. (Pause)

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9You removed my acquaintances far from me; They made me an abomination among themselves; I was betrayed, and did not go forth.

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10My eyes weakened from poverty; O Lord, I cry to You the whole day long; I spread out my hands to You.

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11Will You work wonders for the dead? Or will physicians raise them up, and acknowledge You?

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12Shall any one in the grave describe Your mercy And Your truth in destruction?

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13Shall Your wonders be known in darkness, And Your righteousness in a forgotten land?

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14But I cry to You, O Lord, And in the morning my prayer shall come near to You.

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15Why, O Lord, do You reject my soul, And turn away Your face from me?

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16I am poor and in troubles from my youth; But having been exalted, I was humbled and brought into despair.

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17Your fierce anger passed over me, And Your terrors greatly troubled me;

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18They compassed me like water all the day long; They surrounded me at once.

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19You removed far from me neighbor and friend, And my acquaintances because of my misery.

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