Psalms 87

1A canticle of a psalm for the sons of Core: unto the end, for Maheleth, to answer understanding of Eman the Ezrahite.

1By sons of Korah. --A Psalm, a song. His foundation <FI>is<Fi> in holy mountains.

2O Lord, the God of my salvation: I have cried in the day, and in the night before thee.

2Jehovah is loving the gates of Zion Above all the tabernacles of Jacob.

3Let my prayer come in before thee: incline thy ear to my petition.

3Honourable things are spoken in Thee, O city of God. Selah.

4For my soul is filled with evils: and my life hath drawn nigh to hell.

4I mention Rahab and Babel to those knowing Me, Lo, Philistia, and Tyre, with Cush! This <FI>one<Fi> was born there.

5I am counted among them that go down to the pit: I am become as a man without help,

5And of Zion it is said: Each one was born in her, And He, the Most High, doth establish her.

6Free among the dead. Like the slain sleeping in the sepulchres, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

6Jehovah doth recount in the describing of the peoples, `This <FI>one<Fi> was born there.' Selah.

7They have laid me in the lower pit: in the dark places, and in the shadow of death.

7Singers also as players on instruments, All my fountains <FI>are<Fi> in Thee!

8Thy wrath is strong over me: and all thy waves thou hast brought in upon me.

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9Thou hast put away my acquaintance far from me: they have set me an abomination to themselves. I was delivered up, and came not forth:

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10My eyes languished through poverty. All the day I cried to thee, O Lord: I stretched out my hands to thee.

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11Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? or shall physicians raise to life, and give praise to thee?

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12Shall any one in the sepulchre declare thy mercy: and thy truth in destruction?

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13Shall thy wonders be known in the dark; and thy justice in the land of forgetfulness?

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14But I, O Lord, have cried to thee: and in the morning my prayer shall prevent thee.

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15Lord, why castest thou off my prayer: why turnest thou away thy face from me?

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16I am poor, and in labours from my youth: and being exalted have been humbled and troubled.

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17Thy wrath hath come upon me: and thy terrors have troubled me.

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18They have come round about me like water all the day: they have compassed me about together.

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19Friend and neighbour thou hast put far from me: and my acquaintance, because of misery.

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