Psalm 88
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I Cry Out Day and Night Before You
A Song. A Psalm of (A)the Sons of Korah. To the choirmaster: according to (B)Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil[a] of (C)Heman the Ezrahite.
88 O Lord, (D)God of my salvation,
I (E)cry out day and night before you.
2 Let my prayer come before you;
(F)incline your ear to my cry!
3 For my soul is full of troubles,
and (G)my life draws near to (H)Sheol.
4 I am counted among those who (I)go down to the pit;
I am a man who has no strength,
5 like one set loose among the dead,
like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom (J)you remember no more,
for they are (K)cut off from your hand.
6 You have put me in (L)the depths of the pit,
in the (M)regions dark and (N)deep.
7 Your wrath (O)lies heavy upon me,
and you overwhelm me with (P)all your waves. Selah
8 You have caused (Q)my companions to shun me;
you have made me (R)a horror[b] to them.
I am (S)shut in so that I cannot escape;
9 (T)my eye grows dim through sorrow.
Every day I call upon you, O Lord;
I (U)spread out my hands to you.
10 Do you work wonders for the dead?
(V)Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah
11 Is your steadfast love declared in the grave,
or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
12 Are your (W)wonders known in (X)the darkness,
or your righteousness in the land of (Y)forgetfulness?
13 But I, O Lord, cry (Z)to you;
(AA)in the morning my prayer comes before you.
14 O Lord, why (AB)do you cast my soul away?
Why (AC)do you hide your face from me?
15 Afflicted and close to death from my youth up,
I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.[c]
16 Your wrath has swept over me;
your (AD)dreadful assaults destroy me.
17 They (AE)surround me like a flood (AF)all day long;
they (AG)close in on me together.
18 You have caused (AH)my beloved and my friend to shun me;
my companions have become darkness.[d]
Footnotes
- Psalm 88:1 Probably musical or liturgical terms
- Psalm 88:8 Or an abomination
- Psalm 88:15 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
- Psalm 88:18 Or darkness has become my only companion
Job 3:1
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Job Laments His Birth
3 After this Job (A)opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
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Job 19:13
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Job 19:18-19
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18 Even young (A)children despise me;
when I rise they talk against me.
19 All my (B)intimate friends abhor me,
and those whom I loved have turned against me.
Job 19:25-27
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25 For I (A)know that my (B)Redeemer lives,
and at the last he will stand upon the (C)earth.[a]
26 And after my skin has been thus destroyed,
yet in[b] my flesh I shall (D)see God,
27 whom I shall see for myself,
and my eyes shall behold, and not (E)another.
My heart (F)faints within me!
Matthew 26:38-39
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38 Then he said to them, (A)“My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and (B)watch[a] with me.” 39 And going a little farther he fell on his face (C)and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let (D)this cup pass from me; (E)nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”
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- Matthew 26:38 Or keep awake; also verses 40, 41
Matthew 27:46
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46 And about the ninth hour Jesus (A)cried out with a loud voice, saying, (B)“Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
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Romans 5:1-5
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Peace with God Through Faith
5 (A)Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, (B)we[a] have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we have also (C)obtained access by faith[b] into this grace (D)in which we stand, and (E)we[c] rejoice[d] in hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only that, but we (F)rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering (G)produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and (H)hope does not put us to shame, because God's love (I)has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
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- Romans 5:1 Some manuscripts let us
- Romans 5:2 Some manuscripts omit by faith
- Romans 5:2 Or let us; also verse 3
- Romans 5:2 Or boast; also verses 3, 11
1 Corinthians 15:52-58
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52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For (A)the trumpet will sound, and (B)the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and (C)this mortal body must put on immortality. 54 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:
(D)“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
55 (E)“O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?”
56 The sting of death is sin, and (F)the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, (G)who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 (H)Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in (I)the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord (J)your labor is not in vain.
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