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A Petition to Be Saved from Death.
A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director; according to Mahalath Leannoth. A APossibly, Contemplative, or Didactic, or Skillful PsalmMaskil of Heman B1 Kin 4:31; 1 Chr 2:6; Ps 89: titlethe Ezrahite.
1 O Loʀᴅ, the APs 24:5; 27:9God of my salvation,
I have BPs 22:2; 86:3; Luke 18:7cried out by day and in the night before You.
2 Let my prayer APs 18:6come before You;
BPs 31:2; 86:1Incline Your ear to my cry!
And BPs 107:18; 116:3my life has drawn near to 2I.e. the nether worldSheol.
4 I am reckoned among those who APs 28:1; 143:7go down to the pit;
I have become like a man BJob 29:12; Ps 22:11without strength,
Like the slain who lie in the grave,
Whom You remember no more,
And they are BPs 31:22; Is 53:8cut off from Your hand.
6 You have put me in APs 86:13; Lam 3:55the lowest pit,
7 Your wrath APs 32:4; 39:10has rested upon me,
And You have afflicted me with BPs 42:7all Your waves. 1Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interludeSelah.
8 You have removed AJob 19:13, 19; Ps 31:11; 142:4my acquaintances far from me;
You have made me an 1Lit abomination to themBJob 30:10object of loathing to them;
I am CPs 142:7; Jer 32:2; 36:5shut up and cannot go out.
9 My APs 6:7; 31:9eye has wasted away because of affliction;
I have BPs 22:2; 86:3called upon You every day, O Loʀᴅ;
I have CJob 11:13; Ps 143:6spread out my 1Lit palmshands to You.
10 Will You perform wonders for the dead?
11 Will Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave,
Your faithfulness in 1I.e. place of destructionAbaddon?
12 Will Your wonders be made known in the AJob 10:21; Ps 88:6darkness?
And Your 1I.e. faithfulness to His gracious promisesrighteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13 But I, O Loʀᴅ, have cried out APs 30:2to You for help,
And BPs 5:3; 119:147in the morning my prayer comes before You.
14 O Loʀᴅ, why APs 43:2; 44:9do You reject my soul?
Why do You BJob 13:24; Ps 13:1; 44:24hide Your face from me?
15 I was afflicted and AProv 24:11about to die from my youth on;
I suffer BJob 6:4; 31:23Your terrors; I am 1Or embarrassedovercome.
16 Your A2 Chr 28:11; Is 13:13; Lam 1:12burning anger has passed over me;
Your terrors have 1Or silencedBLam 3:54; Ezek 37:11destroyed me.
They have CPs 17:11; 22:12, 16encompassed me altogether.
18 You have removed AJob 19:13; Ps 88:8; 31:11; 38:11lover and friend far from me;
My acquaintances are in darkness.
A^ Possibly, Contemplative, or Didactic, or Skillful Psalm
B^ 1 Kin 4:31; 1 Chr 2:6; Ps 89: title
B88:1 Ps 22:2; 86:3; Luke 18:7
188:3 Or been satisfied with
288:3 I.e. the nether world
188:5 Lit A freed one among the dead
188:7 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude
A88:8 Job 19:13, 19; Ps 31:11; 142:4
188:8 Lit abomination to them
C88:8 Ps 142:7; Jer 32:2; 36:5
188:9 Lit palms
188:10 Or ghosts, shades
188:11 I.e. place of destruction
188:12 I.e. faithfulness to His gracious promises
B88:14 Job 13:24; Ps 13:1; 44:24
188:15 Or embarrassed
A88:16 2 Chr 28:11; Is 13:13; Lam 1:12
188:16 Or silenced
A88:18 Job 19:13; Ps 88:8; 31:11; 38:11