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Friday, April 26th, 2024
the Fourth Week after Easter
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Passage Lookup: Psalms 88
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17 verses
O LORD, the God who saves me, day and night I cry out before you.
Psalms 88:1
- Variant Count: 25 (56%)
A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah. For the director of music. According to mahalath leannoth. A maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. Lord, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you.
May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry.
Psalms 88:2
- Variant Count: 1 (7%)
May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry.
For my soul is full of trouble and my life draws near the grave.
Psalms 88:3
- Variant Count: 8 (61%)
I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life draws near to death.
I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like a man without strength.
Psalms 88:4
- Variant Count: 2 (11%)
I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like one without strength.
I am set apart with the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, who are cut off from your care.
Psalms 88:5
- Variant Count: 1 (3%)
I am set apart with the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, who are cut off from your care.
You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
Psalms 88:6
- Variant Count: 1 (7%)
You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
Your wrath lies heavily upon me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves. Selah
Psalms 88:7
- Variant Count: 2 (13%)
Your wrath lies heavily on me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.
You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape;
Psalms 88:8
- Variant Count: 1 (4%)
You have taken from me my closest friends and have made me repulsive to them. I am confined and cannot escape;
my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, O LORD, every day; I spread out my hands to you.
Psalms 88:9
- Variant Count: None (0%)
my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, Lord, every day; I spread out my hands to you.
Do you show your wonders to the dead? Do those who are dead rise up and praise you? Selah
Psalms 88:10
- Variant Count: 3 (17%)
Do you show your wonders to the dead? Do their spirits rise up and praise you?
Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction?
Psalms 88:11
- Variant Count: None (0%)
Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction?
Are your wonders known in the place of darkness, or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?
Psalms 88:12
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
Are your wonders known in the place of darkness, or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?
But I cry to you for help, O LORD; in the morning my prayer comes before you.
Psalms 88:13
- Variant Count: None (0%)
But I cry to you for help, Lord; in the morning my prayer comes before you.
Why, O LORD, do you reject me and hide your face from me?
Psalms 88:14
- Variant Count: None (0%)
Why, Lord, do you reject me and hide your face from me?
From my youth I have been afflicted and close to death; I have suffered your terrors and am in despair.
Psalms 88:15
- Variant Count: 2 (9%)
From my youth I have suffered and been close to death; I have borne your terrors and am in despair.
Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me.
Psalms 88:16
- Variant Count: 1 (8%)
Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me.
All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me.
Psalms 88:17
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me.
You have taken my companions and loved ones from me; the darkness is my closest friend.
Psalms 88:18
- Variant Count: 2 (14%)
You have taken from me friend and neighbor— darkness is my closest friend.
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