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Psalm 88

21st Century King James Version (KJ21)

88 O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before Thee.

2 Let my prayer come before Thee; incline Thine ear unto my cry.

3 For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no strength,

5 cast among the dead like the slain that lie in the grave, whom Thou rememberest no more, and who are cut off from Thy hand.

6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and Thou hast afflicted me with all Thy waves. Selah

8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintances far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them. I am shut up, and I cannot come forth;

9 mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction. Lord, I have called daily upon Thee; I have stretched out my hands unto Thee.

10 Wilt Thou show wonders to the dead? Shall the dead arise and praise Thee? Selah

11 Shall Thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or Thy faithfulness in destruction?

12 Shall Thy wonders be known in the dark? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

13 But unto Thee have I cried, O Lord, and in the morning shall my prayer come before Thee.

14 Lord, why castest Thou off my soul? Why hidest Thou Thy face from me?

15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up; while I suffer Thy terrors I am distraught.

16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.

17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

18 Lover and friend hast Thou put far from me, and mine acquaintances into darkness.

Psalm 116

21st Century King James Version (KJ21)

116 I love the Lord, because He hath heard my voice and my supplications.

2 Because He hath inclined His ear unto me, therefore will I call upon Him as long as I live.

3 The sorrows of death encompassed me, and the pains of hell got hold upon me; I found trouble and sorrow.

4 Then I called upon the name of the Lord: “O Lord, I beseech Thee, deliver my soul!”

5 Gracious is the Lord and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.

6 The Lord preserveth the simple; I was brought low, and He helped me.

7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul, for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.

8 For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

9 I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.

10 I believed, therefore have I spoken: “I was greatly afflicted.”

11 I said in my haste, “All men are liars.”

12 What shall I render unto the Lord for all His benefits toward me?

13 I will take the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord.

14 I will pay my vows unto the Lord now, in the presence of all His people.

15 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.

16 O Lord, truly I am Thy servant; I am Thy servant and the son of Thine handmaid; Thou hast loosed my bonds.

17 I will offer to Thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the Lord.

18 I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all His people,

19 in the courts of the Lord’s house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord!

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