| King James Bible | New Living Translation |
| 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: | 1O LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out to you by day. I come to you at night. |
| 2Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; | 2Now hear my prayer; listen to my cry. |
| 3For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. | 3For my life is full of troubles, and death draws near. |
| 4I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: | 4I am as good as dead, like a strong man with no strength left. |
| 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. | 5They have left me among the dead, and I lie like a corpse in a grave. I am forgotten, cut off from your care. |
| 6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. | 6You have thrown me into the lowest pit, into the darkest depths. |
| 7Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah. | 7Your anger weighs me down; with wave after wave you have engulfed me. Interlude |
| 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 driven my friends away by making me repulsive to them. I am in a trap with no way of 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 are blinded by my tears. Each day I beg for your help, O LORD; I lift my hands to you for mercy. |
| 10Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. | 10Are your wonderful deeds of any use to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? Interlude |
| 11Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? | 11Can those in the grave declare your unfailing love? Can they proclaim your faithfulness in the place of destruction? |
| 12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? | 12Can the darkness speak of your wonderful deeds? Can anyone in the land of forgetfulness talk about your righteousness? |
| 13But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. | 13O LORD, I cry out to you. I will keep on pleading day by day. |
| 14LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me? | 14O LORD, why do you reject me? Why do you turn your face from me? |
| 15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. | 15I have been sick and close to death since my youth. I stand helpless and desperate before your terrors. |
| 16Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off. | 16Your fierce anger has overwhelmed me. Your terrors have paralyzed me. |
| 17They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together. | 17They swirl around me like floodwaters all day long. They have engulfed me completely. |
| 18Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness. | 18You have taken away my companions and loved ones. Darkness is my closest friend. |
| King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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