### World English Bible

Psalms 87

## The Book of Psalms

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| # Chapter 88
#### 1 | Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.
#### 2 | Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.
#### 3 | For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.
#### 4 | I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,
#### 5 | Set apart among the dead, Like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.
#### 6 | You have laid me in the lowest pit, In the darkest depths.
#### 7 | Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.
#### 8 | You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can't escape.
#### 9 | My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Yahweh. I have spread out my hands to you.
#### 10 | Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? Selah.
#### 11 | Is your lovingkindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction?
#### 12 | Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
#### 13 | But to you, Yahweh, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you.
#### 14 | Yahweh, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?
#### 15 | I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.
#### 16 | Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me off.
#### 17 | They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.
#### 18 | You have put lover and friend far from me, And my friends into darkness. Psalm 89 A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite.

Psalms 89

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