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| 1 [[A Song, a Melody. For the Sons of Korah. To the Chief Musician. On "Mahalath." For alternate Song. An Instructive Psalm. By Heman the Ezrahite.]] O Yahweh, God of my salvation, By day, have I made outcry, In the night, [also] before thee. |
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| 2 Let my prayer, come into thy presence, Bow down thine ear to my loud cry. |
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| 3 For my soul, is sated with misfortunes, And, my life–unto Hades, hath drawn near; |
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 counted with them who descend into the pit, I have become as a man that is without help; |
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 Among the dead, is my couch,–Like the slain that lie in the grave, Where thou rememberest them no more, Yea, they, from thy hand, are cut off; |
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 Upon me, hath rested thine indignation, And, with all thy breakers, hast thou caused affliction. [Selah.] |
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| 8 Thou hast far removed mine acquaintances from me,–Thou hast made me an abomination unto them, Shut up, and I cannot go forth! |
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| 9 Mine eye, hath dimmed through affliction; I have called upon thee, O Yahweh, all day long, I have spread out, unto thee, my hands. |
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| 10 For the dead, wilt thou perform a wonder? Or shall, the shades, arising, give thee thanks? [Selah.] |
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| 11 Shall Thy lovingkindness be recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness, in destruction? |
Declared in the grave – There must be a resurrection before they can give God thanks. HG121:5
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| 12 Shall any wonder of thine, be known in the dark? Or, thy righteousness, in the land of forgetfulness? |
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, I, unto thee, O Yahweh, have cried for help, And, in the morning, my prayer will confront thee! |
In the morning – Of the resurrection, the Millennium. A9; E359
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| 14 Wherefore, O Yahweh, shouldst thou reject my soul? shouldst thou hide thy face from me? |
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| 15 Afflicted have I been, and dying, from youth, I have borne the terror of thee–I shall be distracted! |
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| 16 Over me, have passed thy bursts of burning anger, The alarms of thee have put an end to me; |
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| 17 They have surrounded me like waters, all the day, They have come circling against me together: |
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| 18 Thou hast far removed from me, lover and friend, Mine acquaintances, are in darkness. |
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