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Heman cries day and night, feels near death and under divine wrath, describes isolation from friends, and continues asking why God hides His face; unlike most laments, no turn to praise appears.
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Psalms 88
Heman cries day and night, feels near death and under divine wrath, describes isolation from friends, and continues asking why God hides His face; unlike most laments, no turn to praise appears.
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1O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day…2Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto…3For my soul is full of troubles: and my life…4I am counted with them that go down into the…5Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in…6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness,…7Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted…8Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou…9Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have…10Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead…11Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy…12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy…13But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in…14LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou…15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth…16Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut…17They came round about me daily like water; they compassed…18Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and…