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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1A song, a psalm written by the Korahites; for the music director; according to the machalath-leannoth style; a well-written song by Heman the Ezrachite. O LORD God who delivers me! By day I cry out and at night I pray before you. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Listen to my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help! |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3For my life is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4They treat me like those who descend into the grave. I am like a helpless man, |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5adrift among the dead, like corpses lying in the grave, whom you remember no more, and who are cut off from your power. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6You place me in the lowest regions of the pit, in the dark places, in the watery depths. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Your anger bears down on me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. (Selah) |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9My eyes grow weak because of oppression. I call out to you, O LORD, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and give you thanks? (Selah) |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Is your loyal love proclaimed in the grave, or your faithfulness in the place of the dead? |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Are your amazing deeds experienced in the dark region, or your deliverance in the land of oblivion? |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13As for me, I cry out to you, O LORD; in the morning my prayer confronts you. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14O LORD, why do you reject me, and pay no attention to me? |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15I am oppressed and have been on the verge of death since my youth. I have been subjected to your horrors and am numb with pain. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Your anger overwhelms me; your terrors destroy me. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17They surround me like water all day long; they join forces and encircle me. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance; those who know me leave me alone in the darkness. |
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