1 O Lord, the God Who saves me, I have cried out before You day and night.

2 L et my prayer come to You. Listen to my cry.

3 F or my soul is filled with troubles. And my life comes near the grave.

4 I am added among those who go down into the deep hole. I am like a man without strength.

5 I am left among the dead, like those who have been killed and lie in the grave, whom You remember no more. They are cut off from Your help.

6 Y ou have put me in the deepest hole, in a dark and deep place.

7 Y our anger has rested upon me. And You have troubled me with all Your waves.

8 Y ou have taken my good friends far from me. You have made me hated by them. I am shut in and cannot go out.

9 M y eyes have become weak because of trouble. I have called to You every day, O Lord. I have spread out my hands to You.

10 W ill You show Your great works to the dead? Will the dead rise and praise You?

11 W ill Your loving-kindness be told about in the grave, and how faithful You are in the place that destroys?

12 W ill Your great works be known in the darkness, and Your right and good works in the land where all is forgotten?

13 B ut I have cried to You for help, O Lord. My prayer comes to You in the morning.

14 O Lord, why do You turn away from me? Why do You hide Your face from me?

15 I have been troubled and near death since I was young. I have suffered Your punishment. And I cannot win.

16 Y our burning anger has passed over me. The punishment You have sent destroys me.

17 T hey gather around me like water all day long. Together they close in upon me.

18 Y ou have taken my friend and loved one far from me. Friends that were near to me are in darkness.