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1 - A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah, to the Overseer, `Concerning the Sickness of Afflictions.' --An instruction, by Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, God of my salvation, Daily I have cried, nightly before Thee,

2 - My prayer cometh in before Thee, Incline Thine ear to my loud cry,

3 - For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol.

4 - I have been reckoned with those going down <FI>to<Fi> the pit, I have been as a man without strength.

5 - Among the dead--free, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom Thou hast not remembered any more, Yea, they by Thy hand have been cut off.

6 - Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths.

7 - Upon me hath Thy fury lain, And <FI>with<Fi> all Thy breakers Thou hast afflicted. Selah.

8 - Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me, Thou hast made me an abomination to them, Shut up--I go not forth.

9 - Mine eye hath grieved because of affliction, I called Thee, O Jehovah, all the day, I have spread out unto Thee my hands.

10 - To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? Selah.

11 - Is Thy kindness recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness in destruction?

12 - Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

13 - And I, unto Thee, O Jehovah, I have cried, And in the morning doth my prayer come before Thee.

14 - Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me.

15 - I <FI>am<Fi> afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors--I pine away.

16 - Over me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off,

17 - They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together,

18 - Thou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance <FI>is<Fi> the place of darkness!