[1] LORD God, you are my Savior. I have been praying to you day and night. [2] Please pay attention to my prayers. Listen to my prayers for mercy. [3] My soul has had enough of this pain! I am ready to die. [4] People already treat me like a dead man, like someone too weak to live. [5] Look for me among the dead, like a body in the grave. I am one of those you have forgotten, cut off from you and your care. [6] You put me in that hole in the ground. Yes, you put me in that dark place. [7] Your anger presses down on me like a heavy weight. It's like one wave after another pounding against me. Selah [8] You made my friends leave me. They all avoid me like someone no one wants to touch. Like a prisoner in my house, I cannot go out. [9] My eyes hurt from crying.LORD, I pray to you constantly! I lift my arms in prayer to you. [10] Do you do miracles for the dead? Do ghosts rise up and praise you? No! Selah [11] The dead in their graves cannot talk about your faithful love. People in the world of the dead cannot talk about your faithfulness. [12] The dead who lie in darkness cannot see the amazing things you do. Those in the world of the forgotten cannot talk about your goodness. [13] LORD, I am asking you to help me! Early each morning I pray to you. [14] LORD, why have you abandoned me? Why do you refuse to listen to me? [15] I have been sick and weak since I was young. I have suffered your anger, and I am helpless. [16] Your anger covers me like a flood. Your attacks are killing me. [17] They surround me on every side. I feel like a drowning man. [18] You caused my friends and loved ones to leave me. Now darkness is my closest friend.
