¹O Lord , God of my salvation,

I cry out day and night before You.

²Let my prayer come before You;

incline Your ear to my cry.

³For my soul is full of troubles,

and my life draws near to Sheol.

⁴I am counted with those who go down to the pit;

I am like a man without strength,

⁵abandoned among the dead,

like the slain who lie in the grave,

whom You remember no more,

and who are cut off from Your hand.

⁶You have laid me in the depths of the pit,

in the dark and deep regions.

⁷Your wrath lies heavy upon me,

and You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah

⁸You have removed my acquaintances far from me;[#Ps 31:11]

You have made me an abomination to them;

I am shut in and I cannot get out;

⁹my eyes grow dim from affliction.

Lord , I have called daily upon You;

I have stretched out my hands to You.

¹⁰Will You work wonders for the dead?

Shall the dead arise and praise You? Selah

¹¹Will Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave,

or your faithfulness in Abaddon?

¹²Will Your wonders be known in the darkness,

or Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

¹³But to You have I cried out, O Lord ,[#Ps 30:2]

and in the morning my prayer comes before You.

¹⁴O Lord , why do You cast my soul away?

Why do You hide Your face from me?

¹⁵Afflicted and close to death since my youth,

I suffer Your terrors; I am helpless.

¹⁶Your fierce wrath has swept over me;

Your terrors have destroyed me.

¹⁷They surround me all day long like a flood;

they encircled me altogether.

¹⁸Lover and friend have You removed far from me;

My acquaintances have become darkness.