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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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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Footnotes

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

The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
My God, my [a]strength, (A)in whom I will trust;
My shield and the [b]horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

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  1. Psalm 18:2 Lit. rock
  2. Psalm 18:2 Strength

12 Let us swallow them alive like [a]Sheol,
And whole, (A)like those who go down to the Pit;

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  1. Proverbs 1:12 Or the grave

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

Prayer to Frustrate Conspiracy Against Israel

A Song. A Psalm of Asaph.

83 Do(A) not keep silent, O God!
Do not hold Your peace,
And do not be still, O God!

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and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and (A)set a seal on him, (B)so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while.

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Trust in the Lord forever,
(A)For in Yah, the Lord, is [a]everlasting strength.

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  1. Isaiah 26:4 Or Rock of Ages

28 He will (A)redeem [a]his soul from going down to the Pit,
And his life shall see the light.

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  1. Job 33:28 Kt. my

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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22 This You have seen, O Lord;
Do not keep silence.
O Lord, do not be far from me.

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“What profit is there in my blood,
When I go down to the pit?
(A)Will the dust praise You?
Will it declare Your truth?

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O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear;
And in the night season, and am not silent.

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The Consoling Memory of God’s Redemptive Works

To the Chief Musician. (A)To Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph.

77 I cried out to God with my voice—
To God with my voice;
And He gave ear to me.

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15 Let not the floodwater overflow me,
Nor let the deep swallow me up;
And let not the pit shut its mouth on me.

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Give heed to the voice of my cry,
My King and my God,
For to You I will pray.

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I cried to the Lord with my voice,
And (A)He heard me from His (B)holy hill. Selah

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A Plea for Relief from Persecutors

A (A)Contemplation[a] of David. A Prayer (B)when he was in the cave.

142 I cry out to the Lord with my voice;
With my voice to the Lord I make my supplication.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 142:1 Heb. Maschil

12 “Hear my prayer, O Lord,
And give ear to my cry;
Do not be silent at my tears;
For I am a stranger with You,
A sojourner, (A)as all my fathers were.

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I will say to God my Rock,
(A)“Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”

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