Psalm 87 - 88
A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. A Song.
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On m the holy mount n stands the city he founded;
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the Lord o loves the gates of Zion
more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.
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p Glorious things of you are spoken,
O q city of God. Selah
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Among those who r know me I mention s Rahab and Babylon;
behold, Philistia and Tyre, with t Cush -
"This one was born there," they say.
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And of Zion it shall be said,
"This one and that one were born in her";
for the Most High himself will u establish her.
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The Lord records as he v registers the peoples,
"This one was born there." Selah
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w Singers and x dancers alike say,
"All my y springs are in you."
Psalms 88
A Song. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.
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O Lord, c God of my salvation;
I d cry out day and night before you.
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Let my prayer come before you;
e incline your ear to my cry!
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For my soul is full of troubles,
and f my life draws near to g Sheol.
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I am counted among those who h go down to the pit;
I am a man who has no strength,
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like one set loose among the dead,
like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom i you remember no more,
for they are j cut off from your hand.
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You have put me in k the depths of the pit,
in the l regions dark and m deep.
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Your wrath n lies heavy upon me,
and you overwhelm me with o all your waves. Selah
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You have caused p my companions to shun me;
you have made me q a horror to them.
I am r shut in so that I cannot escape;
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s my eye grows dim through sorrow.
Every day I call upon you, O Lord;
I t spread out my hands to you.
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Do you work wonders for the dead?
u Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah
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Is your steadfast love declared in the grave,
or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
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Are your v wonders known in w the darkness,
or your righteousness in the land of x forgetfulness?
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But I, O Lord, cry y to you;
z in the morning my prayer comes before you.
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O Lord, why a do you cast my soul away?
Why b do you hide your face from me?
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Afflicted and close to death from my youth up,
I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.
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Your wrath has swept over me;
your c dreadful assaults destroy me.
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They d surround me like a flood e all day long;
they f close in on me together.
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You have caused g my beloved and my friend to shun me;
my companions have become darkness.
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Psalms 42:1
Book Two As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.
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Psalms 48:1
Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised in the city of our God! His holy mountain.
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Isaiah 28:16
Therefore thus says the Lord God, "Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: 'Whoever believes will not be in haste.
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Psalms 78:67 - 68
He rejected the tent of Joseph; he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.
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Isaiah 60:1
Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
Isaiah 54:1 - 3
Sing, O barren one, who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of her who is married," says the Lord.
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Psalms 46:4
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High.
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Psalms 36:10
Oh, continue your steadfast love to those who know you, and your righteousness to the upright of heart!
John 10:14
I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me.
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Job 9:13
God will not turn back his anger; beneath him bowed the helpers of Rahab.
Isaiah 19:22 - 25
And the Lord will strike Egypt, striking and healing, and they will return to the Lord, and he will listen to their pleas for mercy and heal them.
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Psalms 68:31
Nobles shall come from Egypt; Cush shall hasten to stretch out her hands to God.
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Psalms 48:8
As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God, which God will establish forever. Selah
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Psalms 69:28
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living; let them not be enrolled among the righteous.
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Psalms 68:25
The singers in front, the musicians last, between them virgins playing tambourines:
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2 Samuel 6:14
And David danced before the Lord with all his might. And David was wearing a linen ephod.
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Psalms 36:9
For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light.
Isaiah 12:3
With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.
Revelation 21:6
And he said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment.
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Psalms 42:1
Book Two As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.
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Psalms 53:1
The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none who does good.
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1 Kings 4:31
For he was wiser than all other men, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol, and his fame was in all the surrounding nations.
1 Chronicles 2:6
The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five in all.
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Psalms 24:5
He will receive blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
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Psalms 22:2
O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest.
Luke 18:7
And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?
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Psalms 31:2
Incline your ear to me; rescue me speedily! Be a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me!
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Psalms 107:18
They loathed any kind of food, and they drew near to the gates of death.
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Psalms 16:10
For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption.
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Psalms 28:1
To you, O Lord, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit.
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Psalms 31:12
I have been forgotten like one who is dead; I have become like a broken vessel.
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Isaiah 53:8
By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people?
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Psalms 63:9
But those who seek to destroy my life shall go down into the depths of the earth.
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Psalms 88:12
Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Psalms 88:18
You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me; my companions have become darkness.
Psalms 143:3
For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.
Lamentations 3:6
He has made me dwell in darkness like the dead of long ago.
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Psalms 69:15
Let not the flood sweep over me, or the deep swallow me up, or the pit close its mouth over me.
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Psalms 32:4
For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah
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Psalms 42:7
Deep calls to deep at the roar of your waterfalls; all your breakers and your waves have gone over me.
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Psalms 88:18
You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me; my companions have become darkness.
Psalms 142:4
Look to the right and see: there is none who takes notice of me; no refuge remains to me; no one cares for my soul.
Job 19:13
He has put my brothers far from me, and those who knew me are wholly estranged from me.
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Job 30:10
They abhor me; they keep aloof from me; they do not hesitate to spit at the sight of me.
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Jeremiah 32:2
At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard that was in the palace of the king of Judah.
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Psalms 6:7
My eye wastes away because of grief; it grows weak because of all my foes.
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Job 11:13
If you prepare your heart, you will stretch out your hands toward him.
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Psalms 6:5
For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who will give you praise?
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Psalms 89:5
Let the heavens praise your wonders, O Lord, your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones!
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Psalms 88:6
You have put me in the depths of the pit, in the regions dark and deep.
Job 10:21
Before I go - and I shall not return - to the land of darkness and deep shadow.
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Ecclesiastes 9:5
For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten.
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Psalms 30:2
O Lord my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me.
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Psalms 5:3
O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.
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Psalms 44:9
But you have rejected us and disgraced us and have not gone out with our armies.
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Job 13:24
Why do you hide your face and count me as your enemy?
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Job 6:4
For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
Job 9:34
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not dread of him terrify me.
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Psalms 118:10 - 12
All nations surrounded me; in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
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Psalms 86:3
Be gracious to me, O Lord, for to you do I cry all the day.
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Psalms 18:4
The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of destruction assailed me.
Psalms 22:16
For dogs encompass me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet -
Psalms 118:10
All nations surrounded me; in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
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Job 19:13 - 14
He has put my brothers far from me, and those who knew me are wholly estranged from me.
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