1 Y ahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.

2 L et my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.

3 F or my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.

4 I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,

5 s et apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.

6 Y ou have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.

7 Y our wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.

8 Y ou have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can’t escape.

9 M y eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Yahweh. I have spread out my hands to you.

10 D o you show wonders to the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and praise you? Selah.

11 I s your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction?

12 A re your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

13 B ut to you, Yahweh, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you.

14 Y ahweh, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?

15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.

16 Y our fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me off.

17 T hey came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.

18 Y ou have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness.