Psalms 87

1 O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried by day and in the night before you.
2 Let my prayer come in before you; incline your ear to my supplication, O Lord.
3 For my soul is filled with troubles, and my life has drawn near to Hades.
4 I have been reckoned with them that go down to the pit; I became as a man without help;
5 free among the dead, as the slain ones cast out, who sleep in the tomb; whom you remember no more; and they are rejected from your hand. 1
Notes
+ Alex. om. ἐῤῥιμμένοι, cast out.
6 They laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, and in the shadow of death.
7 Your wrath has pressed heavily upon me, and you have brought upon me all your billows. Pause.
8 You have removed my acquaintance far from me; they have made me an abomination to themselves; I have been delivered up, and have not gone forth.
9 My eyes are dimmed from poverty; but I cried to you, O Lord, all the day; I spread forth my hands to you.
10 Will you work wonders for the dead? or shall physicians raise them up, that they shall praise you? 1
Notes
+ See Heb.
11 Shall any one declare your mercy in the tomb? and your truth in destruction?
12 Shall your wonders be known in darkness? and your righteousness in a forgotten land?
13 But I cried to you, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent you.
14 Therefore, O Lord, do you reject my prayer, and turn your face away from me? 1
Notes
+ Heb. and Alex. soul.
15 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.
16 Your wrath has passed over me; and your terrors have greatly disquieted me.
17 They compassed me like water; all the day they beset me together.
18 You have put far from me every friend, and my acquaintances because of my wretchedness. 1
Notes
+ Alex. friend and neighbor.
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