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| 1 A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah, to the Overseer, 'Concerning the Sickness of Afflictions.' An instruction, by Heman the Ezrahite. |
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| O Jehovah, God of my salvation, Daily I have cried, nightly before Thee, |
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| 2 My prayer cometh in before Thee, Incline Thine ear to my loud cry, |
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| 3 For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol. |
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 have been reckoned with those going down [to] the pit, I have been as a man without strength. |
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 free, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom Thou hast not remembered any more, Yea, they by Thy hand have been 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 put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths. |
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| 7 Upon me hath Thy fury lain, And [with] all Thy breakers Thou hast afflicted. Selah. |
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| 8 Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me, Thou hast made me an abomination to them, Shut up I go not forth. |
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| 9 Mine eye hath grieved because of affliction, I called Thee, O Jehovah, all the day, I have spread out unto Thee my hands. |
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| 10 To the dead dost Thou do wonders Do Rephaim rise do they thank Thee Selah. |
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| 11 Is Thy kindness 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 Are Thy wonders known in the darkness And 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 And I, unto Thee, O Jehovah, I have cried, And in the morning doth my prayer come before Thee. |
In the morning – Of the resurrection, the Millennium. A9; E359
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| 14 Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul Thou hidest Thy face from me. |
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| 15 I [am] afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors I pine away. |
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| 16 Over me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off, |
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| 17 They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together, |
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| 18 Thou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance [is] the place of darkness! |
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