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

O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried 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 draws near unto Sheol.

for my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

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

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

5 F reed 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.

free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

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

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

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

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

8 T hou 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.

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

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

Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

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

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

11 S hall thy mercy be declared in the grave? or thy truth in hell?

Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

12 S hall thy wonder be known in darkness? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

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

But unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

14 L ORD, why dost thou cast off my soul? why dost thou hide thy face from me?

Lord, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

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

I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

16 T hy fierce wrath goes over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

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

17 T hey came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

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

18 T hou hast put lover and friend far from me, and placed my acquaintances into darkness.

Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.