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I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and
Tyre, with Ethiopia; this
man
was born there.
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And of Zion it shall be said, This and
that man
was born in her: and the highest himself
shall establish her.
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The L
ORD
shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.
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As well the singers as the players on instruments
shall be there:
all my springs
are
in thee.
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O L
ORD
God of my salvation, I have cried day
and
night before thee:
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Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
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For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
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I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man
that hath
no strength:
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Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more:
and they are cut off from thy hand.
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Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
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Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted
me
with all thy waves. Selah.
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Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination
unto them:
I am
shut up, and I cannot come forth.
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Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: L
ORD
, I have called daily upon thee, I have
stretched out my hands unto thee.
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Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise
and
praise thee? Selah.
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Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave?
or
thy faithfulness in destruction?
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Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
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But unto thee have I cried, O L
ORD
; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
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L
ORD
, why castest thou off my soul?
why
hidest thou thy face from me?
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I
am
afflicted and ready to die from
my
youth up:
while
I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
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Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
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They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
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Lover and friend hast thou put far from me,
and
mine acquaintance into darkness.
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I will sing of the mercies of the L
ORD
for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness
to all generations.
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For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in
the very heavens.
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