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A Petition to be saved from Death.
A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath Leannoth. Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. |
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1 O Jehovah, the God of my salvation,
I have cried day and night before thee.
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2 Let my prayer enter into thy presence;
Incline thine ear unto my cry.
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3 For my soul is full of troubles,
And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.
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Is full of troubles – Rendered "evil" in "I create evil." (Isa. 45:7) A125
Nigh unto the grave – Sheol, oblivion, death, not torment. E365
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4 I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit;
I am as a man that hath no help,
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I am counted – By my enemies; but none will be in this class whose hearts are in the attitude of the Psalmist. R2338:2
The writer is not declaring his own opinion, but merely saying how he is regarded by others. R2338:2
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5 Cast off among the dead,
Like the slain that lie in the grave,
Whom thou rememberest no more,
And they are cut off from thy hand.
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Lie in the grave – Qebar, tomb, place of interment. E348
Rememberest no more – Disesteemed by others as one unworthy of any future life, remanded to the Second Death. R2338:2
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6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit,
In dark places, in the deeps.
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7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me,
And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. {Selah
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8 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.
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9 Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction:
I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah;
I have spread forth my hands unto thee.
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10 Wilt thou show wonders to the dead?
Shall they that are deceased arise and praise thee? {Selah
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11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave?
Or thy faithfulness in Destruction?
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Declared in the grave – There must be a resurrection before they can give God thanks. HG121:5
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12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark?
And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
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Land of forgetfulness – Not pain, suffering or remorse. R2599:2
Where we can neither help nor hinder, do good or do harm. SM28:T
A condition of extinction. CR209:1*
Thus Lazarus and others were silent about their experiences in hades. R822:6*
"There is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, in the grave whither thou goest." (Eccl. 9:10) R2599:2
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13 But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried;
And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.
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In the morning – Of the resurrection, the Millennium. A9; E359
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14 Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul?
Why hidest thou thy face from me?
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15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up:
While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
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16 Thy fierce wrath is gone over me;
Thy terrors have cut me off.
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17 They came round about me like water all the day long;
They compassed me about together.
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18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me,
And mine acquaintance into darkness. |
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