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Psalms 87

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Psalms 87:9-19

  1. Verse 9. Thou hast made my familiars far from me: they have put me abomination to themselves. I was delivered and came not forth:
  2. Verse 10. mine eyes languished for poverty. I cried to thee o Lord all the day: I stretched out my hands to thee.
  3. Verse 11. Wilt thou do marvels to the dead: or shall physicians raise to life, and they confess to thee?
  4. Verse 12. Shall any in the sepulchre declare thy mercy, and thy truth in perdition?
  5. Verse 13. Shall thy marvelous works be known in darkness: and thy justice in the land of oblivion.
  6. Verse 14. And I o Lord have cried to thee: and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
  7. Verse 15. Why doest thou, o Lord, reject my prayer: turnest away thy face from me?
  8. Verse 16. I am poor, and in labours from my youth: and being exalted, humbled, and troubled.
  9. Verse 17. Thy wraths have passed upon me: and thy terrors have troubled me.
  10. Verse 18. They have compassed me as water all the day: they compassed me together.
  11. Verse 19. Thou hast made friend, and neighbour far from me and my familiars because of misery.