[1] O LORD, my God, I call for help by day; I cry out in the night before thee. [2] Let my prayer come before thee, incline thy ear to my cry! [3] For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. [4] I am reckoned among those who go down to the Pit; I am a man who has no strength, [5] like one forsaken among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, like those whom thou dost remember no more, for they are cut off from thy hand. [6] Thou hast put me in the depths of the Pit, in the regions dark and deep. [7] Thy wrath lies heavy upon me, and thou dost overwhelm me with all thy waves. Selah [8] Thou hast caused my companions to shun me; thou hast made me a thing of horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape; [9] my eye grows dim through sorrow. Every day I call upon thee, O LORD; I spread out my hands to thee. [10] Dost thou work wonders for the dead? Do the shades rise up to praise thee? Selah [11] Is thy steadfast love declared in the grave, or thy faithfulness in Abaddon? [12] Are thy wonders known in the darkness, or thy saving help in the land of forgetfulness? [13] But I, O LORD, cry to thee; in the morning my prayer comes before thee. [14] O LORD, why dost thou cast me off? Why dost thou hide thy face from me? [15] Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, I suffer thy terrors; I am helpless. [16] Thy wrath has swept over me; thy dread assaults destroy me. [17] They surround me like a flood all day long; they close in upon me together. [18] Thou hast caused lover and friend to shun me; my companions are in darkness.
