| Holman Christian Standard Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out before You day and night. | 1O LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out day and night before you. |
| 2May my prayer reach Your presence; listen to my cry. | 2Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry! |
| 3For I have had enough troubles, and my life is near Sheol. | 3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. |
| 4I am counted among those going down to the Pit. I am like a man without strength, | 4I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am a man who has no strength, |
| 5abandoned among the dead. I am like the slain lying in the grave, whom You no longer remember, and who are cut off from Your care. | 5like one set loose among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, like those whom you remember no more, for they are cut off from your hand. |
| 6You have put me in the lowest part of the Pit, in the darkest places, in the depths. | 6You have put me in the depths of the pit, in the regions dark and deep. |
| 7Your wrath weighs heavily on me; You have overwhelmed me with all Your waves. Selah | 7Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah |
| 8You have distanced my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them. I am shut in and cannot go out. | 8You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape; |
| 9My eyes are worn out from crying. LORD, I cry out to You all day long; I spread out my hands to You. | 9my eye grows dim through sorrow. Every day I call upon you, O LORD; I spread out my hands to you. |
| 10Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah | 10Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah |
| 11Will Your faithful love be declared in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon? | 11Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon? |
| 12Will Your wonders be known in the darkness or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion? | 12Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? |
| 13But I call to You for help, LORD; in the morning my prayer meets You. | 13But I, O LORD, cry to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you. |
| 14 LORD, why do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me? | 14O LORD, why do you cast my soul away? Why do you hide your face from me? |
| 15From my youth, I have been afflicted and near death. I suffer Your horrors; I am desperate. | 15Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am helpless. |
| 16Your wrath sweeps over me; Your terrors destroy me. | 16Your wrath has swept over me; your dreadful assaults destroy me. |
| 17They surround me like water all day long; they close in on me from every side. | 17They surround me like a flood all day long; they close in on me together. |
| 18You have distanced loved one and neighbor from me; darkness is my only friend. | 18You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me; my companions have become darkness. |
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