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

O Lord, God of my salvation, I have cried out day and night before You.

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

Let my prayer come before You; Incline Your ear to 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 to the grave.

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 who go down to the pit; I am like a man who 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.

Adrift among the dead, Like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom You remember no more, And who are cut off from Your hand.

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

You have laid me in the lowest pit, In darkness, in the depths.

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

Your wrath lies heavy upon me, And You have afflicted me with all Your 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.

You have put away my acquaintances far from me; You have made me an abomination to them; I am shut up, and I cannot get out;

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 wastes away because of affliction. Lord, I have called daily upon You; I have stretched out my hands to You.

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

Will You work wonders for the dead? Shall the dead arise and praise You? Selah

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

Shall Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or Your faithfulness in the place of destruction?

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

Shall Your wonders be known in the dark? And Your 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 to You I have cried out, O Lord, And in the morning my prayer comes before You.

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

Lord, why do You cast off my soul? Why do You hide Your face from me?

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

I have been afflicted and ready to die from my youth; I suffer Your terrors; I am distraught.

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

Your fierce wrath has gone over me; Your terrors have cut me off.

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

They came around me all day long like water; They engulfed me altogether.

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

Loved one and friend You have put far from me, And my acquaintances into darkness.