| King James Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 1A 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: | 1A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You. |
| 2Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; | 2May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry. |
| 3For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. | 3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. |
| 4I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: | 4I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength. |
| 5Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. | 5I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care. |
| 6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. | 6You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths. |
| 7Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah. | 7Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah |
| 8Thou 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. | 8You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape. |
| 9Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee. | 9My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You. |
| 10Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. | 10Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah |
| 11Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? | 11Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon? |
| 12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? | 12Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion? |
| 13But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. | 13But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You. |
| 14LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me? | 14Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me? |
| 15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. | 15From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair. |
| 16Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off. | 16Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me. |
| 17They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together. | 17All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side. |
| 18Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness. | 18You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion. |
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