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Prayer for Mercy in Time of Trouble.
For the choir director; with stringed instruments, AOr according to a lower octave (Heb Sheminith)upon an eight-string lyre. A Psalm of David.
1 O Loʀᴅ, APs 38:1; 118:18do not rebuke me in Your anger,
Nor chasten me in Your wrath.
2 Be gracious to me, O Loʀᴅ, for I am APs 102:4, 11pining away;
BPs 41:4; 147:3; Hos 6:1Heal me, O Loʀᴅ, for CPs 22:14; 31:10my bones are dismayed.
3 And my APs 88:3; John 12:27soul is greatly dismayed;
But You, O Loʀᴅ—BPs 90:13how long?
 
4 Return, O Loʀᴅ, APs 17:13rescue my 1Or lifesoul;
Save me because of Your lovingkindness.
5 For APs 30:9; 88:10-12; 115:17; Eccl 9:10; Is 38:18there is no 1Or remembrancemention of You in death;
In 2I.e. the nether worldSheol who will give You thanks?
 
6 I am APs 69:3weary with my sighing;
Every night I make my bed swim,
I dissolve my couch with BPs 42:3my tears.
7 My AJob 17:7; Ps 31:9; 38:10eye has wasted away with grief;
It has become old because of all my adversaries.
 
8 APs 119:115; Matt 7:23; Luke 13:27Depart from me, all you who do iniquity,
For the Loʀᴅ BPs 3:4; 28:6has heard the voice of my weeping.
9 The Loʀᴅ APs 116:1has heard my supplication,
The Loʀᴅ BPs 66:19, 20receives my prayer.
10 All my enemies will APs 71:13, 24be ashamed and greatly dismayed;
They shall 1Or again be ashamed suddenlyturn back, they will BPs 73:19suddenly be ashamed.

A^ Or according to a lower octave (Heb Sheminith)

A6:1 Ps 38:1; 118:18

A6:2 Ps 102:4, 11

B6:2 Ps 41:4; 147:3; Hos 6:1

C6:2 Ps 22:14; 31:10

A6:3 Ps 88:3; John 12:27

B6:3 Ps 90:13

A6:4 Ps 17:13

16:4 Or life

A6:5 Ps 30:9; 88:10-12; 115:17; Eccl 9:10; Is 38:18

16:5 Or remembrance

26:5 I.e. the nether world

A6:6 Ps 69:3

B6:6 Ps 42:3

A6:7 Job 17:7; Ps 31:9; 38:10

A6:8 Ps 119:115; Matt 7:23; Luke 13:27

B6:8 Ps 3:4; 28:6

A6:9 Ps 116:1

B6:9 Ps 66:19, 20

A6:10 Ps 71:13, 24

16:10 Or again be ashamed suddenly

B6:10 Ps 73:19

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