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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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