Answer me speedily, O Lord;
My spirit fails!
Do not hide Your face from me,
(A)Lest I [a]be like those who [b]go down into the pit.

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  1. Psalm 143:7 become
  2. Psalm 143:7 Die

Answer me quickly,(A) Lord;
    my spirit fails.(B)
Do not hide your face(C) from me
    or I will be like those who go down to the pit.

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17 And do not hide Your face from Your servant,
For I am in trouble;
Hear me speedily.

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17 Do not hide your face(A) from your servant;
    answer me quickly,(B) for I am in trouble.(C)

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Rejoicing in Answered Prayer

A Psalm of David.

28 To You I will cry, O Lord my Rock:
(A)Do not be silent to me,
(B)Lest, if You are silent to me,
I become like those who go down to the pit.

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Psalm 28

Of David.

To you, Lord, I call;
    you are my Rock,
    do not turn a deaf ear(A) to me.
For if you remain silent,(B)
    I will be like those who go down to the pit.(C)

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(A)Do not hide Your face from me;
Do not turn Your servant away in anger;
You have been my help;
Do not leave me nor forsake me,
O God of my salvation.

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Do not hide your face(A) from me,
    do not turn your servant away in anger;(B)
    you have been my helper.(C)
Do not reject me or forsake(D) me,
    God my Savior.(E)

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12 (A)O God, do not be far from me;
O my God, (B)make haste to help me!

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12 Do not be far(A) from me, my God;
    come quickly, God, to help(B) me.

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18 For (A)Sheol cannot thank You,
Death cannot praise You;
Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your truth.

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18 For the grave(A) cannot praise you,
    death cannot sing your praise;(B)
those who go down to the pit(C)
    cannot hope for your faithfulness.

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(A)Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my trouble;
Incline Your ear to me;
In the day that I call, answer me speedily.

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Do not hide your face(A) from me
    when I am in distress.
Turn your ear(B) to me;
    when I call, answer me quickly.

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I am counted with those who (A)go[a] down to the pit;
(B)I am like a man who has no strength,
[b]Adrift among the dead,
Like the slain who lie in the grave,
Whom You remember no more,
And who are cut off from Your hand.

You have laid me in the lowest pit,
In darkness, in the depths.

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  1. Psalm 88:4 Die
  2. Psalm 88:5 Lit. Free

I am counted among those who go down to the pit;(A)
    I am like one without strength.(B)
I am set apart with the dead,
    like the slain who lie in the grave,
whom you remember no more,
    who are cut off(C) from your care.

You have put me in the lowest pit,
    in the darkest depths.(D)

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(A)I am weary with my crying;
My throat is dry;
(B)My eyes fail while I wait for my God.

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I am worn out calling for help;(A)
    my throat is parched.
My eyes fail,(B)
    looking for my God.

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26 men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, (A)for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

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26 People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken.(A)

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16 (A)For I will not contend forever,
Nor will I always be angry;
For the spirit would fail before Me,
And the souls (B)which I have made.

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16 I will not accuse(A) them forever,
    nor will I always be angry,(B)
for then they would faint away because of me—
    the very people(C) I have created.

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17 And I will wait on the Lord,
Who (A)hides His face from the house of Jacob;
And I (B)will hope in Him.

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17 I will wait(A) for the Lord,
    who is hiding(B) his face from the descendants of Jacob.
I will put my trust in him.(C)

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10 Will You work wonders for the dead?
Shall [a]the dead arise and praise You? Selah
11 Shall Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave?
Or Your faithfulness in the place of destruction?

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  1. Psalm 88:10 shades, ghosts

10 Do you show your wonders to the dead?
    Do their spirits rise up and praise you?(A)
11 Is your love declared in the grave,
    your faithfulness(B) in Destruction[a]?

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  1. Psalm 88:11 Hebrew Abaddon