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Tahiliym 88

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Book III: The Maschil of Heyman and the Absolute Hester Panim

A Song or Psalm for the sons of Qorach, to the chief Musician upon Machalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heyman the Ezrahite. O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 Alahiym of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
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Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
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The Descent to Sheol

For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.
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I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
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Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
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Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
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The Waves of Wrath

Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
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The Quarantine of the Acquaintance

Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
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Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
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The Interrogation of the Grave

Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
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Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?
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Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
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The Morning Prayer in Darkness

But unto thee have I cried, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
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The Hidden Face

𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
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The Lifelong Affliction

I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
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Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
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They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
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The Final Isolation

Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.