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Psalms 29

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¹ "I will mention Rahab (Egypt) and Babylon among those who know Me— Behold, Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia (Cush)— 'This one was born there.'"

² But of Zion it will be said, "This one and that one were born in her," And the Most High Himself will establish her.

³ The LORD will count, when He registers the peoples, "This one was born there." Selah.

⁴ The singers as well as the players of flutes will say, "All my springs and sources of joy are in you [Jerusalem, city of God]."

⁵ A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. To the Chief Musician; set to chant mournfully. A didactic or reflective poem of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried out [for help] by day and in the night before You.

⁶ Let my prayer come before You and enter into Your presence; Incline Your ear to my cry!

⁷ For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draws near the grave (Sheol, the place of the dead).

⁸ I am counted among those who go down to the pit (grave); I am like a man who has no strength [a mere shadow],

⁹ [1] Cast away [from the living] and abandoned among the dead, Like the slain who lie in a [nameless] grave, Whom You no longer remember, And they are cut off from Your hand.

¹⁰ You have laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the depths.

¹¹ Your wrath has rested heavily upon me, And You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah.

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1	"I will mention Rahab (Egypt) and Babylon among those who know Me— Behold, Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia (Cush)— 'This one was born there.'"
2	But of Zion it will be said, "This one and that one were born in her," And the Most High Himself will establish her.
3	The LORD will count, when He registers the peoples, "This one was born there." Selah.
4	The singers as well as the players of flutes will say, "All my springs and sources of joy are in you [Jerusalem, city of God]."
5	A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. To the Chief Musician; set to chant mournfully. A didactic or reflective poem of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried out [for help] by day and in the night before You.
6	Let my prayer come before You and enter into Your presence; Incline Your ear to my cry!
7	For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draws near the grave (Sheol, the place of the dead).
8	I am counted among those who go down to the pit (grave); I am like a man who has no strength [a mere shadow],
9	[1] Cast away [from the living] and abandoned among the dead, Like the slain who lie in a [nameless] grave, Whom You no longer remember, And they are cut off from Your hand.
10	You have laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the depths.
11	Your wrath has rested heavily upon me, And You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah.

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