A Song or Psalm
for the sons
of Korah
, to the chief Musician
upon Mahalath
Leannoth
, Maschil
of Heman
the Ezrahite
. O LORD
God
of my salvation
, I have cried
day
and night
before thee:
Let my prayer come
before
thee: incline
thine ear
unto my cry
;
For my soul is full
of troubles
: and my life
draweth nigh
unto the grave
.
I am counted with them that go down
into the pit
: I am as a man
that hath no strength
:
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
.
Thou hast laid me in the lowest
pit
, in darkness
, in the deeps
.
Thy wrath lieth hard
upon me, and thou hast afflicted
me with all thy waves
. Selah
.
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
.
Mine eye mourneth
by reason of affliction
: LORD
, I have called
daily
upon thee, I have stretched out
my hands
unto thee.
Wilt thou shew wonders
to the dead
? shall the dead
arise
and praise
thee? Selah
.
Shall thy lovingkindness be declared
in the grave
? or thy faithfulness
in destruction
?
Shall thy wonders be known
in the dark
? and thy righteousness
in the land
of forgetfulness
?
But unto thee have I cried, O LORD
; and in the morning
shall my prayer
prevent
thee.
LORD, why castest thou off
my soul
? why hidest
thou thy face
from me?
I am afflicted and ready to die
from my youth
up: while I suffer
thy terrors
I am distracted
.
Thy fierce wrath goeth over
me; thy terrors
have cut me off
.
They came round about me daily
like water
; they compassed
me about together
.
Lover and friend
hast thou put far
from me, and mine acquaintance
into darkness
.