Psalms 87

1 A song of a Psalm for the sons of Core for the end, upon Maeleth for responsive strains, of instruction for Æman the Israelite. 1
Notes
+ Gr. understanding.
2 O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried by day and in the night before thee.
3 Let my prayer come in before thee; incline thine ear to my supplication, O Lord.
4 For my soul is filled with troubles, and my life has drawn nigh to Hades.
5 I have been reckoned with them that go down to the pit; I became as a man without help;
6 free among the dead, as the slain ones cast out, who sleep in the tomb; whom thou rememberest no more; and they are rejected from thy hand. 1
Notes
+ Alex. om. ἐῤῥιμμένοι, cast out.
7 They laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, and in the shadow of death.
8 Thy wrath has pressed heavily upon me, and thou hast brought upon me all thy billows. Pause.
9 Thou hast removed my acquaintance far from me; they have made me an abomination to themselves; I have been delivered up, and have not gone forth.
10 Mine eyes are dimmed from poverty; but I cried to thee, O Lord, all the day; I spread forth my hands to thee.
11 Wilt thou work wonders for the dead? or shall physicians raise them up, that they shall praise thee? 1
Notes
+ See Heb.
12 Shall any one declare thy mercy in the tomb? and thy truth in destruction?
13 Shall thy wonders be known in darkness? and thy righteousness in a forgotten land?
14 But I cried to thee, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
15 Wherefore, O Lord, dost thou reject my prayer, and turn thy face away from me? 1
Notes
+ Heb. and Alex. soul.
16 I am poor and in troubles from my youth; and having been exalted, I was brought low and into despair. 1
Notes
+ See 2 Cor. 4. 8.
17 Thy wrath has passed over me; and thy terrors have greatly disquieted me.
18 They compassed me like water; all the day they beset me together.
19 Thou hast put far from me every friend, and mine acquaintances because of my wretchedness. 1
Notes
+ Alex. friend and neighbour.
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