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Rh :Let my prayer come before Thee,
 * Incline Thine ear unto my cry.


 * For my soul is sated with troubles,
 * And my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
 * I am counted with them that go down into the pit;
 * I am become as a man that hath no help;
 * Set apart among the dead,
 * Like the slain that lie in the grave,
 * Whom Thou rememberest no more;
 * And they are cut off from Thy hand.


 * Thou hast laid me in the nethermost pit,
 * In dark places, in the deeps.
 * Thy wrath lieth hard upon me,
 * And all Thy waves Thou pressest down.
 * Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me;
 * Thou hast made me an abomination unto them;
 * I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.


 * Mine eye languisheth by reason of affliction;
 * I have called upon Thee, O, every day,
 * I have spread forth my hands unto Thee.
 * Wilt Thou work wonders for the dead?
 * Or shall the shades arise and give Thee thanks?
 * Shall Thy mercy be declared in the grave?
 * Or Thy faithfulness in destruction?
 * Shall Thy wonders be known in the dark?
 * And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?


 * But as for me, unto Thee, O, do I cry,
 * And in the morning doth my prayer come to meet Thee.
 * , why castest Thou off my soul?
 * Why hidest Thou Thy face from me?
 * I am afflicted and at the point of death from my youth up;
 * I have borne Thy terrors, I am distracted.
 * Thy fierce wrath is gone over me;
 * Thy terrors have cut me off.
 * They came round about me like water all the day;
 * They compassed me about together.
 * Friend and companion hast Thou put far from me,
 * And mine acquaintance into darkness.

Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.


 * I will sing of the mercies of the for ever;
 * To all generations will I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth.
 * For I have said: 'For ever is mercy built;
 * In the very heavens Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness.
 * I have made a covenant with My chosen,
 * I have sworn unto David My servant:
 * For ever will I establish thy seed,
 * And build up thy throne to all generations.'


 * So shall the heavens praise Thy wonders, O ,
 * Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.