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! style="width:36%;" |	Text (CBC) {{#info:{{CBC description}}|note}}	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	שִׁ֥יר מִזְמ֗וֹר לִבְנֵ֫י קֹ֥רַח	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	1a	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	A song. A psalm. By the sons of Korah.	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	לַמְנַצֵּ֣חַ עַל־מָחֲלַ֣ת לְעַנּ֑וֹת	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	1b	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	For the director. About illness, for self-affliction.	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	מַ֝שְׂכִּ֗יל לְהֵימָ֥ן הָאֶזְרָחִֽי׃	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	1c	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	A maskil. By Heman the Ezrahite.	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	יְ֭הוָה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יְשׁוּעָתִ֑י	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	2a	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	YHWH, God of my salvation, 	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	יוֹם־צָעַ֖קְתִּי בַלַּ֣יְלָה נֶגְדֶּֽךָ׃	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	2b	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	I have been crying out day and night before you.	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	תָּב֣וֹא לְ֭פָנֶיךָ תְּפִלָּתִ֑י	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	3a	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	May my prayer find favor with you!	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	הַטֵּֽה־אָ֝זְנְךָ֗ לְרִנָּתִֽי׃	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	3b	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	Incline your ear to my cry!	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	כִּֽי־שָֽׂבְעָ֣ה בְרָע֣וֹת נַפְשִׁ֑י 	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	4a	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	For I am weary of troubles,	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	וְחַיַּ֗י לִשְׁא֥וֹל הִגִּֽיעוּ׃	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	4b	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	And my life has reached Sheol.	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	 נֶ֭חְשַׁבְתִּי עִם־י֣וֹרְדֵי ב֑וֹר	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	5a	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	I am counted with those who go down to the Pit.	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	הָ֝יִ֗יתִי כְּגֶ֣בֶר אֵֽין־אֱיָֽל׃	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	5b	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	I have become just like a man who has no strength.	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	בַּמֵּתִ֗ים חָ֫פְשִׁ֥י	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	6a	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	[I am] an outcast among the dead, 	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	כְּמ֤וֹ חֲלָלִ֨ים ׀ שֹׁ֥כְבֵי קֶ֗בֶר	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	6b	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	just like the slain ones who are lying in the tomb,	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹ֣א זְכַרְתָּ֣ם ע֑וֹד	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	6c	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	whom you do not remember anymore,	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	וְ֝הֵ֗מָּה מִיָּדְךָ֥ נִגְזָֽרוּ׃	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	6d	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	and [who] have been cut off from your care.	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	שַׁ֭תַּנִי בְּב֣וֹר תַּחְתִּיּ֑וֹת	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	7a	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	You have put me in the lowest pit, 	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	בְּ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים בִּמְצֹלֽוֹת׃	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	7b	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	in dark places, in watery depths.	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	עָ֭לַי סָמְכָ֣ה חֲמָתֶ֑ךָ	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	8a	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	Your outbursts of wrath have been lying heavily on me,	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	וְכָל־מִ֝שְׁבָּרֶ֗יךָ עִנִּ֥יתָ סֶּֽלָה׃	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	8b	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	and you have been afflicting me with all your waves. Selah.	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	הִרְחַ֥קְתָּ מְיֻדָּעַ֗י מִ֫מֶּ֥נִּי	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	9a	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	you have caused my acquaintances to shun me.	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	שַׁתַּ֣נִי תוֹעֵב֣וֹת לָ֑מוֹ	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	9b	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	You have made me repulsive to them.	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	כָּ֝לֻ֗א	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	9c	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	[You have made me] shut  in, 	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	וְלֹ֣א אֵצֵֽא׃	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	9d	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	so that I cannot get out.	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	עֵינִ֥י דָאֲבָ֗ה מִנִּ֫י עֹ֥נִי	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	10a	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	My eyes have languished from misery.	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	קְרָאתִ֣יךָ יְהוָ֣ה בְּכָל־י֑וֹם	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	10b	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	I have been calling to you, YHWH, every day.	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	שִׁטַּ֖חְתִּי אֵלֶ֣יךָ כַפָּֽי׃	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	10c	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	I have been spreading out my hands to you.	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	הֲלַמֵּתִ֥ים תַּעֲשֶׂה־פֶּ֑לֶא	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	11a	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	Do you perform wonders for the dead?	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	אִם־רְ֝פָאִ֗ים יָק֤וּמוּ ׀ יוֹד֬וּךָ סֶּֽלָה׃	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	11b	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	Do the departed spirits rise up to praise you? Selah.	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	הַיְסֻפַּ֣ר בַּקֶּ֣בֶר חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	12a	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	Is your faithful love recounted in the tomb?	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	אֱ֝מֽוּנָתְךָ֗ בָּאֲבַדּֽוֹן׃	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	12b	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	[Is] your faithfulness [recounted] in the place of destruction?	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	הֲיִוָּדַ֣ע בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ פִּלְאֶ֑ךָ	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	13a	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	Can your wonders be known in the dark region?	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	וְ֝צִדְקָתְךָ֗ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ נְשִׁיָּֽה׃	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	13b	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	And [can] your righteousness [be known] in the land of oblivion?	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ אֵלֶ֣יךָ יְהוָ֣ה שִׁוַּ֑עְתִּי	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	14a	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	But I have been crying out to you for help, YHWH,	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	וּ֝בַבֹּ֗קֶר תְּֽפִלָּתִ֥י תְקַדְּמֶֽךָּ׃	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	14b	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	and my prayer will keep welcoming you in the morning.	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	לָמָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה תִּזְנַ֣ח נַפְשִׁ֑י	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	15a	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	Why, YHWH, do you keep rejecting me?	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	תַּסְתִּ֖יר פָּנֶ֣יךָ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	15b	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	[Why] do you keep hiding your face from me?	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	עָ֘נִ֤י אֲנִ֣י וְגֹוֵ֣עַ מִנֹּ֑עַר	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	16a	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	I [have been] afflicted and close to death from [my] youth,	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	נָשָׂ֖אתִי אֵמֶ֣יךָ	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	16b	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	I’ve been suffering your terrifying assaults, 	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	*אֶפּוֹרָה*׃	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	16c	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	and keep being torn apart.	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	עָ֭לַי עָבְר֣וּ חֲרוֹנֶ֑יךָ	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	17a	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	Your outbursts of wrath have been sweeping over me;	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	בִּ֝עוּתֶ֗יךָ *צִמְּתוּנִי*׃	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	17b	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	Your terrifying assaults have been destroying me.	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	סַבּ֣וּנִי כַ֭מַּיִם כָּל־הַיּ֑וֹם	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	18a	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	They have been surrounding me like water constantly;	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	הִקִּ֖יפוּ עָלַ֣י יָֽחַד׃	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	18b	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	They have been closing in on me together.	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	הִרְחַ֣קְתָּ מִ֭מֶּנִּי אֹהֵ֣ב וָרֵ֑עַ	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	19a	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	You have caused all my friends and companions to shun me;	
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| style="text-align: right; padding:0.5rem;" |	מְֽיֻדָּעַ֥י *מֵחֹשֶׁךְ*׃	|| style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; padding:0.5rem;" |	19b	|| style="text-align:left; padding:0.5rem;" |	You have caused my acquaintances to shun my distress.	
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