| A Psalme and song of the sons of Corah, to the chaunter upon *Mahelath, for the affliction, and instruction of *Heman the Ezrahyte.
O' Lord God my Savior, I cry day and night before thee, Oh let my prayer enter into thy presence, incline thine ear unto my calling.
For my soul is full of trouble, and my life draweth nigh unto hell.
I am counted as one of them that go down into the pit, I am even as a man that hath no strength.
Free among the dead, like unto them that lie in the grave, which be out of remembrance, and are cut away from thy hand.
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkness and in the deep.
Thy indignation lieth hard upon me, and thou vexeth me with all thy floods. Selah.
Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me, and made me to be abhorred of them: I am so fast in prison, that I can not get forth.
My sight faileth for very trouble: Lord, I call daily upon thee, and stretch out my hands unto thee. Doest thou show wonders among the dead? Can the Physicians raise them up again, that they may praise thee? Selah.
May thy lovingkindness be shown in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? May thy wondrous works be known in the dark? or thy righteousness in the land where all things are forgotten?
Unto thee I cry, O' Lord, and early cometh my prayer before thee.
Lord, why puttest thou away my soul? Wherefore hidest thou thy face from me?
My strength is gone for very sorrow and misery, with fearfulness do I bear thy burdens. Thy wrathful displeasure goeth over me; the fear of thee oppresseth me. They came round about me daily like water, and compass me together on every side. My lovers and friends hast thou put away from me, and turned away mine acquaintance. |
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*Mahelath = *names of the wives: of Rehoboam and of Esau and Rehoboam = "a people has enlarged" Esau = "hairy" ( sold birth right ) *Heman = "faithful", the Ezrahyte =Ezraite = "a native (as arising out of the soil)" cherished and loved, help, God is my father. RN
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