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Psalms

A collection of songs and prayers expressing a wide range of emotions and thoughts on faith.

Chapter 88

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KJV: O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:

Geneva: A song or Psalme of Heman the Ezrahite to giue instruction, committed to the sonnes of Korah for him that excelleth vpon Malath Leannoth. O Lorde God of my saluation, I cry day and night before thee.

KJV: Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;

Geneva: Let my prayer enter into thy presence: incline thine eare vnto my cry.

KJV: For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

Geneva: For my soule is filled with euils, and my life draweth neere to the graue.

KJV: I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

Geneva: I am counted among them that go downe vnto the pit, and am as a man without strength:

KJV: 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.

Geneva: Free among the dead, like the slaine lying in the graue, whome thou remembrest no more, and they are cut off from thine hand.

KJV: Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

Geneva: Thou hast layde me in the lowest pit, in darkenes, and in the deepe.

KJV: Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

Geneva: Thine indignation lyeth vpon me, & thou hast vexed me with all thy waues. Selah.

KJV: 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.

Geneva: Thou hast put away mine acquaintance farre from me, and made mee to be abhorred of them: I am shut vp, and cannot get foorth.

KJV: Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

Geneva: Mine eye is sorowfull through mine affliction: Lorde, I call dayly vpon thee: I stretch out mine hands vnto thee.

KJV: Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

Geneva: Wilt thou shewe a miracle to the dead? or shall the dead rise and prayse thee? Selah.

KJV: Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

Geneva: Shall thy louing kindenes be declared in the graue? or thy faithfulnes in destruction?

KJV: Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Geneva: Shall thy wonderous workes be knowen in the darke? and thy righteousnes in the land of obliuion?

KJV: But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

Geneva: But vnto thee haue I cryed, O Lorde, and early shall my prayer come before thee.

KJV: LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

Geneva: Lorde, why doest thou reiect my soule, and hidest thy face from me?

KJV: I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

Geneva: I am afflicted and at the point of death: from my youth I suffer thy terrours, doubting of my life.

KJV: Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

Geneva: Thine indignations goe ouer me, and thy feare hath cut me off.

KJV: They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

Geneva: They came round about me dayly like water, and compassed me together.

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

Geneva: My louers and friends hast thou put away from me, and mine acquaintance hid themselues.

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