[1] LORD, you are the God who saves me. I cry out to you day and night. [2] Receive my prayer, and listen to my cry. [3] My life is full of troubles, and I am nearly dead. [4] They think I am on the way to my grave. I am like a man with no strength. [5] I have been left as dead, like a body lying in a grave whom you don't remember anymore, cut off from your care. [6] You have brought me close to death; I am almost in the dark place of the dead. [7] You have been very angry with me; all your waves crush me. Selah [8] You have taken my friends away from me and have made them hate me. I am trapped and cannot escape. [9] My eyes are weak from crying. LORD, I have prayed to you every day; I have lifted my hands in prayer to you. [10] Do you show your miracles for the dead? Do their spirits rise up and praise you? Selah [11] Will your love be told in the grave? Will your loyalty be told in the place of death? [12] Will your miracles be known in the dark grave? Will your goodness be known in the land of forgetfulness? [13] But, LORD, I have called out to you for help; every morning I pray to you. [14] LORD, why do you reject me? Why do you hide from me? [15] I have been weak and dying since I was young. I suffer from your terrors, and I am helpless. [16] You have been angry with me, and your terrors have destroyed me. [17] They surround me daily like a flood; they are all around me. [18] You have taken away my loved ones and friends. Darkness is my only friend.
