[1] O LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried out by day and in the night before You. [2] Let my prayer come before You; Incline Your ear to my cry! [3] For my soul has had enough troubles, And my life has drawn near to Sheol. [4] I am reckoned among those who go down to the pit; I have become like a man without strength, [5] Forsaken among the dead, Like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom You remember no more, And they are cut off from Your hand. [6] You have put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the depths. [7] Your wrath has rested upon me, And You have afflicted me with all Your waves. [8] You have removed my acquaintances far from me; You have made me an object of loathing to them; I am shut up and cannot go out. [9] My eye has wasted away because of affliction; I have called upon You every day, O LORD; I have spread out my hands to You. [10] Will You perform wonders for the dead? Will the departed spirits rise and praise You? Selah. [11] Will Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon? [12] Will Your wonders be made known in the darkness? And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? [13] But I, O LORD, have cried out to You for help, And in the morning my prayer comes before You. [14] O LORD, why do You reject my soul? Why do You hide Your face from me? [15] I was afflicted and about to die from my youth on; I suffer Your terrors; I am overcome. [16] Your burning anger has passed over me; Your terrors have destroyed me. [17] They have surrounded me like water all day long; They have encompassed me altogether. [18] You have removed lover and friend far from me; My acquaintances are in darkness.
