1 J ehovah, God of my salvation, I have cried by day in the night before thee.

¶ O LORD God of my saving health, I cry day and night before Thee;

2 L et my prayer come before thee; incline thine ear unto my cry.

let my prayer come before thee; incline thine ear unto my cry;

3 F or my soul is full of troubles, and my life draweth nigh to Sheol.

for my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near unto Sheol.

4 I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no strength:

I am counted with those that go down into the pit; I am as a man that has no strength:

5 P rostrate among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave; whom thou rememberest no more, and who are cut off from thy hand.

Freed among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou dost remember no more; and they are cut off from thy hand.

6 T hou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the deeps.

Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

7 T hy fury lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted with all thy waves. Selah.

Thy wrath lies hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

8 T hou hast put my familiar friends far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

Thou hast put away mine acquaintances far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them; I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

9 M ine eye consumeth by reason of affliction. Upon thee, Jehovah, have I called every day; I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

My eye mourns by reason of affliction; LORD, I have called daily upon thee; I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

10 W ilt thou do wonders to the dead? shall the shades arise and praise thee? Selah.

¶ Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

11 S hall thy loving-kindness be declared in the grave? thy faithfulness in Destruction?

Shall thy mercy be declared in the grave? or thy truth in hell?

12 S hall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Shall thy wonder be known in darkness? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

13 B ut as for me, Jehovah, I cry unto thee, and in the morning my prayer cometh before thee.

But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.

14 W hy, O Jehovah, castest thou off my soul? hidest thou thy face from me?

LORD, why dost thou cast off my soul? why dost thou hide thy face from me?

15 I am afflicted and expiring from my youth up; I suffer thy terrors, I am distracted.

I am afflicted and destitute; from my youth up I have feared thee and been in awe of thee.

16 T hy fierce anger hath gone over me; thy terrors have brought me to nought:

Thy fierce wrath goes over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

17 T hey have surrounded me all the day like water; they have compassed me about together.

They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

18 L over and associate hast thou put far from me: my familiar friends are darkness.

Thou hast put lover and friend far from me, and placed my acquaintances into darkness.