| New Living Translation | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1O LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out to you by day. I come to you at night. | 1LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out before you day and night. |
| 2Now hear my prayer; listen to my cry. | 2May my prayer reach your presence; listen to my cry. |
| 3For my life is full of troubles, and death draws near. | 3For I have had enough troubles, and my life is near Sheol. |
| 4I am as good as dead, like a strong man with no strength left. | 4I am counted among those going down to the Pit. I am like a man without strength, |
| 5They have left me among the dead, and I lie like a corpse in a grave. I am forgotten, cut off from your care. | 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. |
| 6You have thrown me into the lowest pit, into the darkest depths. | 6You have put me in the lowest part of the Pit, in the darkest places, in the depths. |
| 7Your anger weighs me down; with wave after wave you have engulfed me. Interlude | 7Your wrath weighs heavily on me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves. Selah |
| 8You have driven my friends away by making me repulsive to them. I am in a trap with no way of escape. | 8You have distanced my friends from me; you have made me repulsive to them. I am shut in and cannot go out. |
| 9My eyes are blinded by my tears. Each day I beg for your help, O LORD; I lift my hands to you for mercy. | 9My eyes are worn out from crying. LORD, I cry out to you all day long; I spread out my hands to you. |
| 10Are your wonderful deeds of any use to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? Interlude | 10Do you work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise you? Selah |
| 11Can those in the grave declare your unfailing love? Can they proclaim your faithfulness in the place of destruction? | 11Will your faithful love be declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Abaddon? |
| 12Can the darkness speak of your wonderful deeds? Can anyone in the land of forgetfulness talk about your righteousness? | 12Will your wonders be known in the darkness or your righteousness in the land of oblivion? |
| 13O LORD, I cry out to you. I will keep on pleading day by day. | 13But I call to you for help, LORD; in the morning my prayer meets you. |
| 14O LORD, why do you reject me? Why do you turn your face from me? | 14LORD, why do you reject me? Why do you hide your face from me? |
| 15I have been sick and close to death since my youth. I stand helpless and desperate before your terrors. | 15From my youth, I have been suffering and near death. I suffer your horrors; I am desperate. |
| 16Your fierce anger has overwhelmed me. Your terrors have paralyzed me. | 16Your wrath sweeps over me; your terrors destroy me. |
| 17They swirl around me like floodwaters all day long. They have engulfed me completely. | 17They surround me like water all day long; they close in on me from every side. |
| 18You have taken away my companions and loved ones. Darkness is my closest friend. | 18You have distanced loved one and neighbor from me; darkness is my only friend. |
| 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. | The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. |
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